Political communication and deliberation

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Title:

Political communication and deliberation

Author:

Gastil, John.

ISBN:

9781412916271

9781412916288

Personal Author:

Gastil, John.

Publication Information:

Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008.

Physical Description:

xvi, 325 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Democracy and Deliberation -- Ch. 2. Conversation and Discussion -- Ch. 3. Mediated Deliberation and Public Opinion -- Ch. 4. Deliberative Elections -- Ch. 5. How Government Deliberates -- Ch. 6. Deliberation in the Jury Room -- Ch. 7. Citizens and Officials in Public Meetings -- Ch. 8. Deliberative Communities and Societies -- Ch. 9. International Deliberation -- Ch. 10. Toward a Deliberative Democracy.

Abstract:

"How can media framing constrain public discussion? How do partisan pressures warp congressional debate? How can political conversations change how people think about candidates? Political Communication and Deliberation provides a unifying conceptual framework that allows readers to organize and understand these and other political communication questions. This text takes a unique approach in viewing key concepts and research through the lens of deliberative democratic theory. This provides a fresh perspective on familiar topics (such as media systems, public opinion, and political campaigns), and it brings to the foreground new research on public meetings, community deliberation, international discourse, and more."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Communication in politics.

Discussion.

Democracy.

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"Professor Gastil has been a leading voice in the deliberative democracy movement for the last 15 years, and with this book he has created a wonderful resource that adeptly captures the broad, valuable work being done both inside and outside academia concerning public deliberation and political communication. I hope this book will help spark a whole new generation of courses focused on this critical topic." --Martín Carcasson, Colorado State University The act of deliberation is the act of reflecting carefully on a matter and weighing the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to a problem. It aims to arrive at a decision or judgment based not only on facts and data but also on values, emotions, and other less technical considerations. Though a solitary individual can deliberate, it more commonly means making decisions together, as a small group, an organization, or a nation. Political Communication and Deliberation takes a unique approach to the field of political communication by viewing key concepts and research through the lens of deliberative democratic theory. This is the first text to argue that communication is central to democratic self-governance primarily because of its potential to facilitate public deliberation. Thus, it offers political communication instructors a new perspective on familiar topics, and it provides those teaching courses on political deliberation with their first central textbook. This text offers students practical theory and experience, teaching them skills and giving them a more direct understanding of the various subtopics in public communication. Companion Website! A dedicated Website inventories everything that might be useful for instructors using Political Communication and Deliberation in their courses. Syllabi suggestions show how to use the book when teaching on a semester - or a quarter-long course, as well as a set of classroom exercises and larger projects that have been used in previous courses. Also, a wiki and forum let instructors exchange teaching ideas, links, and new content to supplement each chapter.