The Politics of Misinformation

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-80510-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: Communication, Society and Politics

The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. Similarly, discourses of policy solutions to public problems emphasize assumptions about rationality in policy processes that are equally poor descriptions of most political outcomes. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edelman, Murray

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Images; 2. Social change; 3. Authority; 4. Public opinion; 5. Institutions; 6. Language; 7. Science; 8. Crime as an example.