Is deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse? What responsibilities does the media have in maintaining or promoting democracy? In this broadly interdisciplinary volume, top scholars in communication, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy offer new perspectives on these and other intersections within democratic discourse and media. Interweaving elements of social, political, and communication theory, they take on First Amendment and legal issues, privacy rights, media effects and agenda setting, publicity, multiculturalism, gender issues, universalism and global culture, and the rhetoric of the body, among other topics. This unique book provides a foundation for evaluating the current state of democratic discourse and will be of interest to students and scholars of deliberative democracy across the social sciences.

Simone Chambers is associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado. Anne Costain is professor of political science, director of the Keller Center for the Study of the First Amendment, and associate dean for social sciences at the University of Colorado.

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2Chapter I: Democratic DeliberationChapter 3 Free Speech, Democratic Deliberation, and Valuing Types of SpeechChapter 4 Promoting Informed Deliberation and a First Amendment Doctrine for a Digital Age: Toward a New Regulatory Regime for Broadcast RegulationChapter 5Chapter II: Deliberative Equality and the MediaChapter 6 Multicultural DemocracyChapter 7 The Division of Labor in Democratic Discourse: Media, Experts, and Deliberative DemocracyChapter 8 The Means of Communication and the Discourse on SovereigntyChapter 9Chapter III: News Reporting and CoverageChapter 10 The Unheralded Functions of Campaign NewsChapter 11 Media Effects: Paradigms for the Analysis of Local Television NewsChapter 12Chapter IV: Media Representation of Social MovementsChapter 13 Movement Strategy and Dramaturgic Framing in Democratic States: The Case of the American Civil Rights MovementChapter 14 Body Rhetoric: Conflicted Reporting of Bodies in PainChapter 15 Media Portrayal of Second Wave Feminist GroupsChapter 16Chapter V: Culture and RhetoricChapter 17 The Banality of Evil, The Evil of BanalityChapter 18 A Culture of Publicity