The Politics of Misinformation by Murray Edelman
The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. Similarly, discourses of policy solutions to public problems emphasize assumptions about rationality in policy processes that are equally poor descriptions of most political outcomes. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.
"Those deeply pessimistic about contemporary American politics will find great comfort in this volume" Choice
Edelman, Murray: - Murray Edelman is the George Herbert Mead Professor of Political Science emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of several books, including Political Language (1977) and The Symbolic Uses of Politics (1964).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521805100 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521805104 |
| Title | The Politics of Misinformation |
| Author | Murray Edelman |
| Series | Communication Society And Politics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2001-05-28 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
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