Manipulating democracy democratic theory, political psychology, and mass media

Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics. Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate, elect...

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Autor Corporativo: Loyola Marymount University (-)
Otros Autores: Le Cheminant, Wayne (-), Parrish, John M.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2011.
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : 2011.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Manipulating Democracy: A Reappraisal; Part I Democratic Theory; 1 Manipulation and Democratic Theory; 2 Manipulation: As Old as Democracy Itself (and Sometimes Dangerous); 3 When Rhetoric Turns Manipulative: Disentangling Persuasion and Manipulation; Part II Political Psychology; 4 Changing Brains: Lessons from the Living Wage Campaign; 5 Emotional Manipulation of Political Identity; 6 Mimesis, Persuasion, and Manipulation in Plato's Republic
  • Part III Mass Media7 "News You Can't Use": Politics and Democracy in the New Media Environment; 8 The Betrayal of Democracy: The Purpose of Public Opinion Survey Research and its Misuse by Presidents; 9 The Political Economy of Mass Media: Implications for Informed Citizenship; 10 Exploiting the Clueless: Heresthetic, Overload, and Rational Ignorance; Index