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Democracy and Media Decadence
John Keane
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Description for Democracy and Media Decadence
paperback. Examines the role of the media in shaping and representing political life, arguing that 'media decadence' is harmful for democracy. Num Pages: 261 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations - from satellite broadcasting to smart glasses and electronic books - spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the contours of our lives and of our politics, often for the better. But it asks whether too little attention has been paid to the troubling counter-trends, the decadent media developments that encourage public silence and concentrations of unlimited power, ... Read more
We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations - from satellite broadcasting to smart glasses and electronic books - spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the contours of our lives and of our politics, often for the better. But it asks whether too little attention has been paid to the troubling counter-trends, the decadent media developments that encourage public silence and concentrations of unlimited power, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107614574
SKU
V9781107614574
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-24
About John Keane
Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Among his best-known recent books are Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and the highly-acclaimed The Life and Death of Democracy (2009).
Reviews for Democracy and Media Decadence
'With impressive intellectual breadth and rich analytic insight, John Keane's engaging new book moves us beyond conventional ways of thinking about media and democracy. Addressing key debates, his writing is, as always, accessible, compelling, and edifying.' Peter Dahlgren, Lund University 'Vanquishing received wisdom and resisting cliché, John Keane charts the transformative impact of communicative abundance. Invoking McCluhan, Derrida, Curran ... Read more