Overcoming Social Polarization
An Exploration of Deliberative Democracy, Communication Ethics, and Post-Truth America
Published on 15. December 2024
1 pages
978-1-9787-9344-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Jessica Neu explores how to advance the discussion of deliberative democracy in an era defined by widespread social polarization and identity politics. By utilizing the communication ethics scholarship of Ronald C. Arnett as a theoretical framework and reference point for analysis, Neu analyzes several pop culture artifacts to demonstrate how communication ethics and narrative-driven perspectives can be applied pragmatically in order to reach dialogic civility in a post-truth era. Through recognizing each artifact's relationship with rhetoric, Neu highlights how they each represent ways in which discursive environment in physical space can be utilized to promote depolarization. Ultimately, this book provides a paradigmatic model that demonstrates how any individual can utilize this framework of communication ethics and deliberative democracy to enter a space of dialogic civility to depolarize our current post-truth world.
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English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Professional and scholarly
File size
1,07 MB
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978-1-9787-9344-6 (9781978793446)
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Jessica L. Neu
Overcoming Social Polarization
An Exploration of Deliberative Democracy, Communication Ethics, and Post-Truth America
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12/2024
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Jessica L. Neu is adjunct instructor in the field of Communication at Duquesne University and Carlow University.
Content
Chapter 1: An Introduction of Deliberative Democracy and Identity Politics
Chapter 2: An Exploration of Ronald C. Arnett's Scholarship
Chapter 3: An Arnettian Understanding of Philosophy of Communication
Chapter 4: What is the Post-Truth Era and How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 5: Our Current Historical Moment in the Post-Truth Era
Chapter 6: An Exploration of Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Chapter 7: How Themes in Heroes of the Fourth Turning Promote Democracy Through Engagement of Otherness
Chapter 8: What Are We Trying For? Exploring the Divisiveness of Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town"
Chapter 9: Public Response to "Try That in a Small Town and Aldean's Defense
Chapter 10: Can Society Get Closer by Watching The Closer? How Comedy Functions as a Self-Reflective Tool in Developing a Deliberative Democratic Social Model
Chapter 11: A Rhetorical Turn - The Return of Stories and Virtues
Chapter 12: Conclusion: A Return Home
Chapter 2: An Exploration of Ronald C. Arnett's Scholarship
Chapter 3: An Arnettian Understanding of Philosophy of Communication
Chapter 4: What is the Post-Truth Era and How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 5: Our Current Historical Moment in the Post-Truth Era
Chapter 6: An Exploration of Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Chapter 7: How Themes in Heroes of the Fourth Turning Promote Democracy Through Engagement of Otherness
Chapter 8: What Are We Trying For? Exploring the Divisiveness of Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town"
Chapter 9: Public Response to "Try That in a Small Town and Aldean's Defense
Chapter 10: Can Society Get Closer by Watching The Closer? How Comedy Functions as a Self-Reflective Tool in Developing a Deliberative Democratic Social Model
Chapter 11: A Rhetorical Turn - The Return of Stories and Virtues
Chapter 12: Conclusion: A Return Home
