Power in Ideas by Kirsten Adams

Power in Ideas by Kirsten Adams

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Summary

This Element argues that understanding media and democracy requires an analytical framework that takes seriously the role of ideas in political life and communication. Using three case studies, we trace the landscapes within which these ideas emerged and were articulated within, the fields they travelled across, and how they became powerful.

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Power in Ideas by Kirsten Adams

This Element develops an analytical framework for understanding the role of ideas in political life and communication. Power in Ideas argues that the empirical study of ideas should combine interpretive approaches to derive meaning and understand influence with quantitative analysis to help determine the reach, spread, and impact of ideas. This Element illustrates this approach through three case studies: the idea of reparations in Ta-Nehisi Coates's “The Case for Reparations,” the idea of free expression in Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook policy speech at Georgetown University, and the idea of universal basic income in Andrew Yang's “Freedom Dividend.” Power in Ideas traces the landscapes and spheres within which these ideas emerged and were articulated, the ways they were encoded in discourse, the fields they traveled across, and how they became powerful.
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ISBN 13 9781108948104
ISBN 10 1108948103
Title Power in Ideas
Author Kirsten Adams
Series Elements In Politics And Communication
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2021-05-13
Number of pages 75
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