Rhetoric and Democracy in a Post-Truth Era

This book is a timely examination of contemporary US political culture and communication and the specific forces, factors, and dynamics that have contributed to the increasing democratic dysfunction and violence. The four key vectors in the 4P theoretical model are (1) post-truth; (2) polarization; (3) [social media] platform; and (4) populism.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Facing Democracy's Dilemma
Chapter 1: The 1st Peril-Post-Truth and The Spectacle
Chapter 2: The 2nd Peril-Polarization, Self-Righteousness, and Echo Chambers
Chapter 3: The 3rd Peril-Platform and the Abuses of [Social] Media
Chapter 4: The 4th Peril-Populism and the Rhetorical Presidency
Chapter 5: The 4 Perils, Public Persuasion, and the Destabilization of Democracy
Conclusion: The Promise of Rhetoric and Democracy
Bibliography
About the Authors

About the author

By Joshua J. Frye and Steven R. Goldzwig

Product details

• Authors: Joshua J Frye, Joshua J. Frye, Joshua J. Goldzwig Frye, Steven R Goldzwig, Goldzwig Steven R.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2024
• EAN: 9781666902808
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-280-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Political structures: democracy, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc