The Politics of Misinformation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521805100)

The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.

Author: Murray Edelman
ISBN-10: 0521805104
ISBN-13: 9780521805100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2001
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.02w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2002 pg. 1882