Media Sociology and Journalism - Studies in Truth and Democracy

While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Between the Posts; 1 Fake Populism and News: Freedom versus Democracy; 2 Political Theory: Deliberative, Agonistic and Dialogic Democracy; 3 Contemporary Sociology, Journalism and Society; 4 Acts of Journalism: Truth, Ghosts and Migrant Subjects; 5 Writing Inequality into the Urban Commons; 6 Exotopy and Cultural Boundaries: The Secular Question in Quebec; Conclusion: Deliberative or Dialogic Democracy?; Conclusion: Is Another Journalism Possible?; References; Index

About the author

Greg M. Nielsen is a professor of sociology at Concordia University in Montreal. He studies contemporary society through research on media, journalism, and political and social thought.

Summary

While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Nielsen, Nielsen Greg
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781839980602
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-060-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Brexit Referendum; neoliberalism