Rhetorical Democracy: How Communication Shapes Political Culture

Robert Danisch

doi:10.5771/9781666961942

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6193-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6194-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 180
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. Democracy as a Way of Life No access
2. Polarization and Cooperation No access
3. Communication Systems and Practices as Forms of Relationality No access
4. The Advantages and Potential of Rhetorical Democracy No access
5. Notes No access
1. Structures, Systems, and Rules No access
2. Affordances, Design, and Architecture No access
3. Media and Communication Systems No access
4. A Theory of Rhetorical Structures No access
5. Resilient Deliberative Ecologies at the Roots of Democracy No access
6. Notes No access
1. Democracy as Connection and Association No access
2. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Sociality, Weak Ties, and Bridging Capital No access
3. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Particularity, Responsiveness, and Cooperation No access
4. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Information Circulation, Coordination, and Expertise No access
5. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Innovation and Cultures of Learning No access
6. Why Democracies Need Healthy and Resilient Communication Systems No access
7. Notes No access
1. When Algorithms and Hardware Control Communication Systems No access
2. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Positions over Relationships and Attention over Inquiry No access
3. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Hyperbole, Reification, and Overgeneralization No access
4. Rhetorical Structures That Promote Alienation, Isolation, and Violence No access
5. Speed, Scale, and Virality No access
6. The Rhetorical Construction of Political Cultures of Disconnection No access
7. Notes No access
1. Practices of Care, Trust, and Argumentation No access
2. Practices of Collaboration and Cooperation No access
3. Rethinking Circulation, Amplification, and Repetition No access
4. Rethinking Conversation, Leadership, and Persuasion No access
5. Resilient Citizens and the Practices of Connection and Disconnection No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Relationship between Structures and Practices No access
2. Mapping Structures and Practices That Promote Democracy No access
3. Mapping Structures and Practices That Destroy Democracy No access
4. Resilient Systems and Resilient Citizens: A Stress Test for Democracy No access
5. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 161 - 174
Index No access Pages 175 - 178
About the Author No access Pages 179 - 180