Argumentation in political deliberation / edited by Marcin Lewinski ; Dima Mohammed, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewinski, Marcin, editor.

Mohammed, Dima, editor.

Series:

Benjamins Current Topics

Benjamins current topics, 1874-0081 ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Political aspects.

Persuasion (Rhetoric).

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dialectical approaches traditionally conceptualize argumentation as a discussion in which two parties debate on "two sides of an issue" (pro and con). However, many political issues engender multiple positions. This is clear in multi-party online deliberations in which often an array of competing positions is debated in one and the same discussion. A proponent of a given position thus addresses a number of possible opponents, who in turn may hold incompatible opinions. The goal of this chapter is to shed extra light on such "polylogical" clash of opinions in online deliberation, by examining t

Contents:

Argumentation in Political Deliberation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Argumentation in political deliberation; 1. Argumentation theory and political deliberation; 2. Overview of the volume; Acknowledgements; References; Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse in political deliberation; 1. Strategic maneuvering in argumentative discourse; 2. Conventionalization of communicative practices in communicative activity types; 3. Institutional constraints on strategic maneuvering; 4. Pragma-dialectical research of argumentative discourse in the political domain

ReferencesStrategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary Debate; 1. Introduction; 2. Plenary debate in the European Parliament; 3. Preliminary observations concerning strategic maneuvering in European Parliamentary debate; 4. Conclusion; References; Pursuing multiple goals in European Parliamentary Debates; 1. Introduction; 2. Debating the EU response to "exceptional migratory flows"; 3. The standpoints and the arguments advanced; 4. The goals pursued by the MEPs; 5. Theoretical implications; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References

The place of counter discourse in two methods of public deliberation1. Introduction; 2. Two methods of public deliberation; 2.1 Consensus conference; French consensus conference on nanotechnology; 2.2 Public hearing; The public hearing on nanotechnology; 2.3 Public participation vs. public communication types of deliberation; 3. Defining public deliberation within argumentation studies; 4. Counter discourse in the two methods of public deliberation; 4.1 Counter discourse in the consensus conference; 4.2 Counter discourse in the public hearing; 5. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements

ReferencesDeliberation digitized; 1. Introduction; 2. Argument and disagreement management; 2.1 Reconsidering argument activities; 2.2 Disagreement management; 2.3 Argument and felicity's condition; 3. Designing disagreement space; 3.1 Communication design work and designs for communication; 3.2 Practical theories and responsibilities for interaction; 3.3 Argument, technology, deliberation; 4. Conclusion; References; (How) do participants in online discussion forums create 'echo chambers'?; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical and empirical exploration

3. Political online forums as argumentative communities4. Research design; The online forum Climategate.nl; Data selection; Method of analysis; 5. Analysis; Fragment A: 8-12 December 2009; Fragment B: 17 January-3 February 2010; Fragment C: 14-21 June 2010; Fragment D: 18-21 April 2011; Fragment E: 27 April-2 May 2011; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Debating multiple positions in multi-party online deliberation; 1. Introduction; 2. Bin Laden is dead and what now; 3. Participants in online deliberation; 4. Sides, positions, cases, and parties in argumentation; 5. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789027268273

9027268274

OCLC:

907931390