WRIT 3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Political Theatre, Ad Hominem, Mccarthyism
23 Mar 2018
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The problem with politeness: papacharissi, in political debate or discussion. Pursuit of safe topics, expressions of agreement, and repetition (holtgraves in papacharissi) Multiple publics pheres co-exist- not equally powerful, articulate, or privileged . Papacharissi"s de nition: collective politeness, with consideration for the democratic consequences of impolite behavior. It is when people demonstrate o ensive behavior toward social groups that their behavior becomes undemocratic. Impolite: cutting someone o on highway (no collective or lasting impact) Uncivil: attacking a social group (e. g. minority group), esp. when someone in the conversation belongs to that group. Potential threat to rights: must look at lasting impact on democracy. Denying people their personal freedoms and/or stereotyping social groups. Papacharissi"s measurements for coding: verbalize a threat to democracy? (e. g. threaten overthrow by force, assign stereotypes? (labels, threaten other individuals" rights? (e. g. personal freedom, freedom to speak) Her targets: politically-oriented newsgroups, selected threads, but small ensuing number: this experiment needs replicating with much larger numbers.
