Digital Information Technologies and Democratic Discourse
American Public Culture and Political Character
Will be published approx. on 6. August 2026
376 pages
979-8-216-25374-7 (ISBN)
Description
Colleen Elizabeth Kelley and Michael J. Miller explore how democracy both functions and falters when media, politics, and rhetorical discourses collide.
Democracy thrives on information and public engagement. Digital spaces and technologies, while significantly enriching our cyberculture and playing a crucial role in our interconnected global system, have introduced significant threats to our democracy including misinformation, privacy concerns, and public polarization as platforms emerge as increasingly powerful intermediaries. Examining discursive manifestations of these problematic intersections during the 2024 presidential election cycle, Kelley and Miller demonstrate the impact of digital media and a digitally disrupted political ecosystem on democracy in the United States.
Kelley and Miller provide a salient reminder that political frameworks - especially democracy - are mediated systems constituted and agreed upon through communication behaviors. Our political future, they contend, can still be shaped by the people.
Democracy thrives on information and public engagement. Digital spaces and technologies, while significantly enriching our cyberculture and playing a crucial role in our interconnected global system, have introduced significant threats to our democracy including misinformation, privacy concerns, and public polarization as platforms emerge as increasingly powerful intermediaries. Examining discursive manifestations of these problematic intersections during the 2024 presidential election cycle, Kelley and Miller demonstrate the impact of digital media and a digitally disrupted political ecosystem on democracy in the United States.
Kelley and Miller provide a salient reminder that political frameworks - especially democracy - are mediated systems constituted and agreed upon through communication behaviors. Our political future, they contend, can still be shaped by the people.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
7,11 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-216-25374-7 (9798216253747)
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Colleen Elizabeth Kelley | Michael J. Miller | Robert E. Denton Jr
Digital Information Technologies and Democratic Discourse
American Public Culture and Political Character
Book
approx. 09/2026
Bloomsbury Academic
€131.50
Not yet published
Persons
Colleen Elizabeth Kelley is Associate Professor Emerita of Rhetoric and Communication at Penn State Behrend, USA.
Michael J. Miller is Professor and Chief Librarian at the Bronx Community College - CUNY, USA.
Michael J. Miller is Professor and Chief Librarian at the Bronx Community College - CUNY, USA.
Content
Preface
Introduction
1. Democracy, Rhetoric, and Media Logic
2. Rhetorical Democracy
3. Beyond Illiberal Democracy
4. Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: A Discourse Analysis
5. Digital Media Technologies
6. Mediatization of American Democracy
7. The Mediated Presidency
8. Mediated Presidential Elections
9. Post-Campaign Digital Rhetorical Legacy
10. The Erosion of Constitutional Democracy
11. American Democracy 2025 and Beyond
Conclusion: Literacies as Political Infrastructure
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
Introduction
1. Democracy, Rhetoric, and Media Logic
2. Rhetorical Democracy
3. Beyond Illiberal Democracy
4. Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: A Discourse Analysis
5. Digital Media Technologies
6. Mediatization of American Democracy
7. The Mediated Presidency
8. Mediated Presidential Elections
9. Post-Campaign Digital Rhetorical Legacy
10. The Erosion of Constitutional Democracy
11. American Democracy 2025 and Beyond
Conclusion: Literacies as Political Infrastructure
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
