Why is not conversation the soul of democracy?

Inspired by the writings of John Dewey, among others, communication studies have taken face-to-face conversation to be at the heart of democratic life. But face-to-face conversation has been much more honored in aristocracies than in democracies; and there are, in fact, two distinctive and contrasti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Schudson, Michael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3096
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dialogue
Public Sphere
Argumentation
Political conversation
Comunicação
conversação
democracia
Conversação política
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Sumario:Inspired by the writings of John Dewey, among others, communication studies have taken face-to-face conversation to be at the heart of democratic life. But face-to-face conversation has been much more honored in aristocracies than in democracies; and there are, in fact, two distinctive and contrasting ideals of conversation: the social conversation and the problem-solving conversation.