Mediating Plureality - by Morten Bay (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this book, Morten Bay argues that American democracy is threatened by people experiencing competing perceptions of reality, which is heightened by their media choices. In response to this crisis, this book calls for a more epistemic, pluralist approach to media and draws on political philosophy to present an ethics of responsible media conduct.

Book Synopsis

In this book, Morten Bay argues that American democracy is threatened by people experiencing competing perceptions of reality, which is heightened by their media choices. In response to this crisis, this book calls for a more epistemic, pluralist approach to media and draws on political philosophy to present an ethics of responsible media conduct.

Review Quotes

In Mediating Plurality, Bay offers a fascinating explanatory account for how our affective and phenomenological relationship to media has contributed to our dystopian and planetary partisan divides. By fostering a more empathetic, less normative analysis, Bay delivers a kind of palliative clarion call to advocate for more pluralistic democratic society.

Morton Bay has hit the nail upon the proverbial head: We need to rethink media before we can rethink democracy. Using a measured, evidence-based approach, steeped in the language of contemporary philosophy and media theory, Bay charts a course for a new ethics and a new vision of plurality in a networked world.

About the Author

Morten Bay is lecturer in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.