Why is not conversation the soul of democracy?

Authors

  • Michael Schudson University of Califórnia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2001.14.3096

Keywords:

Dialogue, Public Sphere, Argumentation

Abstract

Inspired by the writings of John Dewey, among others, communication studies have taken face-to-face conversation to be at the heart of democratic life. But face-to-face conversation has been much more honored in aristocracies than in democracies; and there are, in fact, two distinctive and contrasting ideals of conversation: the social conversation and the problem-solving conversation. 

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Author Biography

Michael Schudson, University of Califórnia

Teacher of Communication and Sociology University of California at San Diego (UCSD)

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Published

2008-04-10

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Schudson, M. (2008). Why is not conversation the soul of democracy?. Revista FAMECOS, 8(14), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2001.14.3096

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Vol. 8 No. 14 (2001)

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Conversation Policy

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