Truth in the public sphere

by Hannan, Jason

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Full title :Truth in the public sphere / edited by Jason Hannan.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Lexington Books
Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:xxxvi, 207 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781498530828, 1498530826
oclc:ocn968695561
LC Classification:P90

Introduction : Truth as first casualty in American politics /Jason Hannan -- Discourse and communication. Toward an activist theory of language / David I. Backer -- Habermas's account of truth in political communication / Lewis A. Friedland and Thomas B. Hove -- Ethics and justice. One word does not a whole story tell: contested truth on a highway historical marker / Spona Jovanovic, Shelley Sizemore, Yacine Kout, Jeannette Musselwhite, Jenny Southard, and Kelly M. O'Donnell -- The tragic action and revolutionary intent of black lives: the historical genealogies and corporeal dynamics of Cornel West's prophetic pragmatism in post-racial America / Paul R.D. Lawrie -- Jacques Rancière, mass education, and the linguistic adventure around truth / Charles Bingham

Journalism and politics. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement: on truth and lies in an affective sense / Christopher J. Gilbert -- Motivated to ignore the facts: the inability of fact-checking to promote truth in the public sphere / Jeffrey W. Jarman -- Telling the truth about war in six words / Lisa Silvestri -- Visual media, art, and aesthetics. A special kind of authenticity: the portrayal of civilian deaths and injuries in v…