Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.
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Dimensions
Width
1 mm
Height
22 mm
Length
14 mm
Depth
11.33
Weight
198 gr
Book Details
Title
Constructing the Political Spectacle
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Product Form
Paperback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Genre
Political Science
ISBN13
9780226183992
Book Category
Arts, Language and Linguistic Books
BISAC Subject Heading
POL010000
Book Subcategory
Language and Linguistic Books
ISBN10
9780226183992
Language
English
Contributors
Author Info
Murray Edelman is the George Herbert Mead Professor of Political Science emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of several books, including Political Language (1977) and The Symbolic Uses of Politics (1964).
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