Minna-Kerttu Kekki's new book The Potential of Public Discussion in Media, out now

We are happy to announce that Minna-Kerttu Kekki's book "The Potential of Public Discussion in Media: Philosophy of Democracy and Misinformation” (Palgrave Macmillan) is out now!

Kekki's new book studies media from the perspective of phenomenology and democratic theory, offers an in-depth political-phenomenological work of media-based public communication and theorizes the potential of public discussions in media in more timeless manner than much of the current research.

You can now find the book here.

There is a publication event for the book at Social Sciences Faculty Club (Valtsikaklubi) on January 23 at 16-19.

 

Book Abstract:

A friend recommended an interesting news article to you that changed your view on the topic. Later, you find out that the information in the article was false. Did you learn something, even though the information was not correct? From the subjective perspective at that moment, the answer is “yes,” but from the objective perspective, you were led false. “The Potential of Public Discussion in Media: Philosophy of Democracy and Misinformation,” takes up two perspectives on public discussions in media: the outsider’s third-person perspective and the first-person perspective of the engaged subject. By investigating public discussion in media through both perspectives, public discussion appears simultaneously both crucial and risky for democracy. The book uses phenomenology to frame the problematic of contemporary public discussions in media, which emphasizes the subjective experience of gaining new information.