Democracy in the Age of New Media: The Politics of the Spectacle

by Tauel Harper

In the age of the spectacle, democracy has never looked so bleak. Our world, saturated with media and marketing, endlessly confronts us with spectacles vying for our attention: from Apple and 9/11 to Facebook and the global financial crisis. Democratic politics, by comparison, remain far from engaging. A society obsessed with spectacles results in a complete misfiring of the democratic system. This book uses critical democratic theory to outline the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433109107
• ISBN13: 9781433109102
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"