{"product_id":"sound-bite-saboteurs-julie-drew-9781438430416","title":"Sound-Bite Saboteurs: Public Discourse, Education, and the State of Democratic Deliberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that the reliance on sound bites in recent political discourse is harmful to the democratic process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound-Bite Saboteurs examines the emergence of a multifaceted, multimedia culture that encourages the use of sound bites to silence one's opponents at the expense of democratic deliberation and debate. No simple partisan phenomenon or mere attempt to \"spin\" a particular issue, sound-bite sabotage is, the authors argue, a sophisticated and media-savvy effort by public and private elites to destroy the grounds of public discourse, higher education, and democratic argument. By displacing democratic debate with political spectacle, sound-bite saboteurs attempt to keep citizens more entertained but less informed, more cynical but less engaged, more adept as consumers but less adept as agents. In a broad-based and integrated analysis of this phenomenon, the authors argue that sound-bite sabotage can and must be resisted both within the classroom and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Drew,William Lyons,Lance Svehla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438430418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438430416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2010","brand":"Julie Drew","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241288282367,"sku":"9781438430416","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b85de974-c31b-43f7-8be8-f187c488ea62.jpg?v=1772653701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sound-bite-saboteurs-julie-drew-9781438430416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}