Book section : Chapter
Democracy and the contemporary media: What is the problem?
- Abstract:
- Recent political events – Brexit, Trump, populist movements in Europe – have brought renewed scrutiny of the public sphere and worries about the processes of public opinion formation. Recent criticisms of the media environment have highlighted ways in which public discourse is both too exclusive and too inclusive. This chapter discusses how the current media environment might undermine democratic self-determination and egalitarian social relations. It discusses the potential conflicts among the various values that underlie the value of democracy, and suggest two mechanisms by which conflicts among these values can be attenuated: collective intelligence and mediated deliberation with a ‘division of interpretive labor’. The chapter concludes by suggesting some avenues for normative reflection and empirical research. Problematic public discourse raises a number of concerns from an egalitarian perspective. Failure of public discourse to include certain perspectives deprives their adherents of an appropriate channel of influence.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 157.5KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.4324/9781003046905-6
- Publication website:
- http://www.routledge.com/9780367496517
Authors
Contributors
+ Clack, T
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- School of Archaeology
- Oxford college:
- St Peter's College
- Role:
- Editor
+ Johnson, R
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- Politics & Int Relations
- Oxford college:
- Pembroke College
- Role:
- Editor
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Host title:
- The World Information War: Western Resilience, Campaigning, and Cognitive Effects
- Pages:
- 47-62
- Chapter number:
- 3
- Series:
- Routledge Advances in Defence Studies
- Publication date:
- 2021-05-11
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 978-1-003-04690-5
- ISBN:
- 978-0-367-49643-2
- Language:
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English
- Subtype:
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1137567
- Local pid:
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pubs:1137567
- Deposit date:
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2020-10-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Alexander Prescott-Couch
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Timothy Clack and Robert Johnson; individual chapters, the contributors
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Routledge at https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003046905-6
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