Habermas and the media / Hartmut Wessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wessler, Hartmut, 1965- author.

Series:

Theory and media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Habermas, Jürgen.

Mass media.

Communication.

Physical Description:

x, 185 pages : illustratios ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2018.

Summary:

Jürgen Habermas is arguably the most influential social theorist and philosopher of the twentieth century, and his imprint on media and communication studies extends well into the twenty-first. This book lucidly unpacks Habermas' sophisticated contributions to the study of media centring around the three core concepts for which his work is most known: the public sphere, communicative action, and deliberative democracy. Habermas and the Media offers an accessible introduction as well as a critical investigation of how Habermas' thinking can help us to understand and assess our contemporary communication environment and where his framework needs revision and extension. The book seeks to address questions such as: How does deliberative democracy fare in comparison to its main normative rivals: liberal, republican, and agonistic democracy? How deliberative are discussions presented on television, in political blogs, and on Twitter? What is the role of emotions in mediated deliberation? Full of original and sometimes surprising insights, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of media, political communication, and democracy, as well as anyone seeking guidance through Habermas' rich world of thought.

Contents:

The bourgeois public sphere and its critics

Nurturing communicative action

Media for deliberative democracy

Mediated public spheres

Deliberative qualities of news and discussion media

Non-deliberative media discourse

Counterpublics and the role of emotions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [162]-177) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wessler, Hartmut, 1965- Habermas and the media.

ISBN:

9780745651330

074565133X

9780745651347

0745651348

OCLC:

1043306119