{"product_id":"habermas-and-the-media-hardback-9780745651330","title":"Habermas and the Media (Hardback) 9780745651330","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHabermas and the Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHartmut Wessler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745651330, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It would have been contribution enough to finally supply the English-speaking world with a primer on Habermas’s thinking about the role of media in the public sphere. Yet Wessler goes further. That he manages to make this book accessible for students, while retaining its relevance for scholars, is astounding. A tour de force.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Wessler demonstrates his solid grasp of Habermas’s oeuvre and reveals its importance for scholarly research and democracy. His exemplary presentation makes the book a pedagogical masterpiece, worthy of many, many readers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJostein Gripsrud, University of Bergen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"well-written and accessible\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Journal of Communication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJürgen Habermas is arguably the most influential social theorist and philosopher of the twentieth century, and his imprint on media and communication studies extends well into the twenty-first. This book lucidly unpacks Habermas’s sophisticated contributions to the study of media, centering on the three core concepts for which his work is best known: the public sphere, communicative action, and deliberative democracy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHabermas and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e offers an accessible introduction, as well as a critical investigation of how Habermas’s thinking can help us to understand and assess our contemporary communication environment – and where his framework needs revision and extension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Full of original and sometimes surprising insights, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of media, political communication, and democracy, as well as anyone seeking guidance through Habermas’s rich world of thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font-size: 11px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 1: The Bourgeois Public Sphere and its Critics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Nurturing Communicative Action\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Media for Deliberative Democracy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Mediated Public Spheres\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Deliberative Qualities of News and Discussion Media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Non-Deliberative Media Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Counterpublics and the Role of Emotions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407321690392,"sku":"9780745651330","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745651330.jpg?v=1784161524","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/habermas-and-the-media-hardback-9780745651330","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}