Sound-Bite Saboteurs: Public Discourse, Education, and the State of Democratic Deliberation

by Julie Drew, William Lyons, Lance Svehla

Sound-Bite Saboteurs examines the emergence of a multifaceted, multimedia culture that encourages the use of sound bites to silence one's opponents at the expense of democratic deliberation and debate. No simple partisan phenomenon or mere attempt to "spin" a particular issue, sound-bite sabotage is, the authors argue, a sophisticated and media-savvy effort by public and private elites to destroy the grounds of public discourse, higher education,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438430426
• ISBN13: 9781438430423
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"