Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
My library | Help | Advanced Book Search | Web History | Sign in

Books

The Politics of Misinformation

Front Cover
0 Reviews
Cambridge University Press, May 28, 2001 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 139 pages
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. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.
  

What people are saying - Write a review

We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.

Related books

Contents

Images
11
Social Change
18
Authority
39
Public Opinion
52
Institutions
71
Language
78
Science
104
Crime as an Example
112
Epilogue
129
Bibliography
131
Index
135
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

References to this book

From other books

The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice
All Book Search results »

From Google Scholar

Psychopolitical Literacy For Wellness And Justice
Isaac Prilleltensky, Dennis R Fox - 2007 - JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
Reconciliation, Assimilation, and the Indigenous Peoples of Australia
Damien Short - 2003 - International Political Science Review/ Revue internationale de science politique
The Disappointment Games
Graham Knight, Margaret MacNeill, Peter Donnelly - 2005 - International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Politics of Passion: Collective Action from Pain and Loss
Tiina Itkonen - 2007 - American Journal of Education
All Scholar search results »