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Bezig met laden... Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?door Mark Thompson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I found this book insightful and accurate; Thompson views the decline in the quality of civil discourse through the lens of rhetoric as defined and used by the classical writers, starting with Aristotle. He examines how the medium shapes the rhetoric, if only by cutting recordings of politicians' statements to very short sound bytes, and he discusses some things that the press, the public and the politicians can do to improve the quality of public discourse. None of his proposals are either radical or shockingly innovative, but I'd say we need to consider this book and perhaps act on Thompson's ideas and suggestions. ( ) Promised much more than it delivers. From his biographical details and some remarks in the book I would conclude the author to be an upper-class English Catholic. And Wikipedia confirms the diagnosis. I didn't think much of the book, but I've mentioned it several times when talking with coworkers, so it was hardly negligible. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"'Free speech' always has been limited by obstacles: national, state, or local laws, organizational rules, social restrictions, incomplete transmission via technology, and the limits of language itself. Now, with the advent of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and YouTube, a new era has emerged, and free speech has exploded. Never before have we enjoyed such free and diverse access to information, or more freedom to debate issues. But with such openness of language and opinion, we still have a generally poor understanding of the most important issues that we face today. Why? In Enough Said, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson argues that there is a widening gap between political power and the public, because public language is being misused or misunderstood. Drawing from classical rhetoric as well as contemporary political doublespeak, Thompson outlines the dangers of speech without accountability, while identifying positive trends in modern speech and exploring our new age of public engagement. "-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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