Public modalities :: rhetoric, culture, media, and the shape of public life /

This book explores the ways that scholars, journalists, politicians, and citizens conceive of "the public" or "public life," and how those entities are defined and invented. For decades, scholars have used the metaphors of spheres, systems, webs, or networks to talk about, descri...

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Other Authors: Brouwer, Daniel C., 1970-, Asen, Robert, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
Series:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book explores the ways that scholars, journalists, politicians, and citizens conceive of "the public" or "public life," and how those entities are defined and invented. For decades, scholars have used the metaphors of spheres, systems, webs, or networks to talk about, describe, and map various practices. This volume proposes a new metaphormodalitiesto suggest that publics are forever in flux, and much more fluid and dynamic than the static models of systems or spheres would indicateespecially in the digital age, where various publics rapidly evolve and dissipate.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 279 pages.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817383619
0817383611

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