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of opinion has become more political. On the other hand, because of
the continuing presence of print journalism and the proliferation of new
opinion formats, there has been a significant expansion in the space of
opinion, an open commitment to the principle of diversity, and a clearer
route for voices outside the fields of journalism and politics to participate
in public discussion and commentary. In order to understand this
changing media environment, Jacobs and Townsley investigate who gets
to speak in the space of opinion and what kinds of deliberation are found
in different opinion formats. They analyze styles of writing, forms of
speech, and the types of authority and expertise that media intellectuals
mobilize in their commentaries. Offering in-depth analyses of the Enron
scandal and the “War on Terror”, they find that each opinion format has
developed its own distinctive understanding of politics, journalism, and
critique. The Space of Opinion documents ways that this new media
landscape has challenged the traditional model of detached journalism,
and fundamentally altered the nature of mediated deliberation.
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