[ecrea] New Book "Deliberation, The Media and Political Talk"

----------------
Deliberation, the Media and Political Talk
Rousiley C.M. Maia

In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn and one 
central question that needs to be answered is how to connect 
face-to-face conversations and deliberations in particular forums to 
broader discussions in the larger society. Working within the cutting 
edges of deliberative theories, this book surveys the role of the mass 
media in the deliberative system and investigates, through a set of 
empirical cases, a range of key problems in the media arena: the 
interplay between arguing and strategic maneuvering; public demands for 
accountability; emotional appeal for deliberation; tensions between 
agonistic and diplomatic delib-eration; and the public construction of 
general claims. Adopting an integrative per-spective, this book also 
looks at how affected people use published opinions to make sense of 
politics and produce bottom-up reasons, in addition to media-driven or 
top-down discourses in the public sphere. The general aim of the book is 
to show that the mass media have an important place in deliberative 
democracy and to enrich political and media theories with new findings.

http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=978-1-61289-025-8

A review of this book was done by Jurg Steiner:
http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol9/iss1/art13/

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments.



INTRODUCTION. The Plan of this Book.



PART I: INTEGRATING THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY 
AND MEDIA STUDIES DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY: APPROACHING NORMATIVE 
CONTROVERSIES. Classic Deliberation. What Type of Communication Is

Needed for Deliberation? Should Deliberation Follow an Open Procedure of 
Reason-Giving, Which Is Necessarily Incompatible With Self-Interest, 
Insincerity, Strategy and Bargaining? What Sort of Equality Is Needed 
for Deliberation? Is Deliberation Oriented Toward Simple

Consensus, Defined as Unanimous Agreement?



FROM PUBLIC SPHERE TO DELIBERATIVE SYSTEM: LOCATING THE PLACE OF THE 
MEDIA. From Public Sphere to Deliberative

System. Micro- or Macro-Deliberation? The Deliberative System.



THE NEWS MEDIA AS A FORUM FOR CIVIC DEBATE. The Media System. Different 
Kinds and Levels of Constraints Applied to the News

Media as a Civic Forum. An Integrated Approach to the Media System.



MEDIATED DELIBERATION. What Is Mediated Deliberation? Variables to 
Observe and Measure in Evaluating Mediated Deliberation.





PART II: MEDIATED DELIBERATION

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ARGUING AND STRATEGIC MANEUVERING: THE MEDIA 
DEBATE OVER THE 2005 REFERENDUM ON BANNING FIREARMS SALES. The 
Referendum on the Sale of Firearms in the Brazilian Democratic Context. 
Methodology. Participant

Accessibility and Identification. Use of Arguments. Reciprocity and 
Responsiveness. Reflexivity and Reversibility of Opinions. Conclusion.



DEMANDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THE MEDIA DEBATE OVER THE BUS 174 HIJACKING. 
The Surveillance Function of the Media and

Different Dimensions of Accountability. Media Coverage of the Bus 174 
Hijacking. Political Accountability . Professional Accountability.

Legal Accountability . Public Debate as a Means of Activating Political 
Accountability. Conclusion.



EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR DELIBERATION: THE HOMOEROTIC BOND IN SOAP OPERATES 
(Ângela C. S. Marques and Rousiley C. M.

Maia). Alternative Communication Modes Triggering Self-Reflection. The 
Soap Operas and Stereotypes in Question: The Case Study.

Methodology. “A Próxima Vitima” in Media Debate. The Two Lesbians of 
“Torre de Babel”. Conclusion.



PART III: MEDIATED DELIBERATION AND POLITICAL TALK

POLITICAL TALK AND DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION. Why Does Informal 
Conversation Matter for Deliberation? Why “Affected” People?

Ordinary Citizens: Making Sense of Published Opinions Together.



DELIBERATION AND POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION: POOR WOMEN DISCUSS PUBLISHED 
OPINIONS ABOUT BRAZILIAN INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS (Ângela C. S. Marques 
and Rousiley C. M. Maia). Everyday Political Talk Within the 
Deliberative Process.

Methodology. Interpretation of the Problem and Orientation of Actors 
Toward Mutual Understanding. The Production of Counternarratives.

Disclosing Background Presuppositions. Assuming the Risk of Debating. 
Avoiding the Risk. Conclusion.



BETWEEN DIPLOMATIC AND AGONISTIC DELIBERATION: MAKING SENSE OF CHILD 
DOMESTIC LABOR (Danila Cal and Rousiley C.

M. Maia). Diplomatic or Agonistic Deliberation? CDL and PETID’s 
Discourse. CDL as a Public Problem. Methodology. Contesting the

Network of Media Discourses on CDL. Beyond the Media Discourses. Conclusion.



DELIBERATION ACROSS ARENAS? ASSESSING THE CONSTITUTION OF GENERAL CLAIMS 
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LEPROSY COLONIES (Ricardo F. Mendonça and Rousiley 
C. M. Maia). Deliberation, Representation, and the Construction of 
General Claims. The

Struggle of People Affected by Leprosy in Different Discursive Arenas. 
Conclusion.



CONCLUSION. Mediated Deliberation. Mediated Deliberation and Political Talk.



References. Media Materials. Author Index. Subject Index.


----------------
ECREA-Mailing list
----------------
This mailing list is a free service from ECREA.
---
To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist
---
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Postal address:
ECREA
Universit�ibre de Bruxelles
c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences
CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
----------------