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Géraldine Muhlmann - Journalism for Democracy - 9780745644738 - V9780745644738
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Journalism for Democracy

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Description for Journalism for Democracy Paperback. * Muhlmann is highly regarded as one of the outstanding young scholars of journalism and political communication. * Polity recently published A Political History of Journalism by the same author. This book is designed as a companion volume; it focuses on the relation of journalism to democracy. Translator(s): Birrell, Jean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Journalists are commonly denounced from all sides – a shameful, deceitful trade, a profession sold out to the powerful which gives a biased and misleading picture of the world. Behind the condemnation one can often detect a desire for reform, a feeling that good journalism is too important for the health of democracy to be left to languish among the tabloids. Yet the discussion rarely gets beyond the well-worn formulas of free speech and the Fourth Estate. The question of the political significance of journalism is never seriously addressed, and the question of what journalism should be is rarely posed.

This important new book by Géraldine Muhlmann addresses these gaps in our understanding and goes a long way to filling them. Putting aside the hasty diatribes against journalism, Muhlmann asks the fundamental questions: what should journalism be? What ideals should it serve? What do seeing and showing the world mean today? What direction should journalism take in order to emerge from its current crisis?

Drawing on a rich tradition of philosophical thought, Muhlmann breathes new life into the old debate about journalism and its role today. Avoiding the twin pitfalls of destructive criticism and naive celebration, she sees a double task for a reinvigorated journalism: to allow space for conflict but also to foster unity within the political community. In the practice of journalism we see the enigma of democracy itself: the coexistence of two stages, one of action and one of representations, the latter offering a symbolic resolution to the conflicts that animate the former.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745644738
SKU
V9780745644738
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Ref
99-38

About Géraldine Muhlmann
Geraldine Muhlmann is a Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy.

Reviews for Journalism for Democracy
"Muhlmann's insightful analysis raises the reader's ability to understand the problematic of journalism in contemporary democracies." Choice

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