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3 - Democracy in a Diabolical Soundscape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2024

André Bächtiger
Affiliation:
Universität Stuttgart
John S. Dryzek
Affiliation:
University of Canberra
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Chapter 3 expands on the diabolical aspects of the contemporary political soundscape and develops initial deliberative responses to its key problematic aspects. These aspects include an overload of expression that overwhelms the reflective capacities of listeners; a lack of argumentative complexity in political life; misinformation and lies; low journalistic standards in “soft news”; cultural cognition, which means that an individual’s commitment to a group determines what gets believed and denied; algorithms that condition what people get to hear (which turn out to fall short of creating filter bubbles in which they hear only from the like-minded); incivility; and extremist media. The responses feature reenergizing the public sphere through means such as the cultivation of spaces for reflection both online and offline, online platform regulation and design, restricting online anonymity, critical journalism, media literacy education, designed forums, social movement practices, and everyday conversations in diverse personal networks. Formal institutions (such as legislatures) and political leaders also matter.

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Deliberative Democracy for Diabolical Times
Confronting Populism, Extremism, Denial, and Authoritarianism
, pp. 52 - 86
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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