Critical Conversations: A Theory of Press Criticism (Hampton Press Communication Series: Mass Media and Journalism)

This volume provides work toward developing a theory of criticism. Beginning from the perspective that a theory of press criticism should be grounded in a theory of the press itself, the book builds a foundation for the press that rests on the ideals of a discursive democracy. The discursive paradigm is then used to develop a model for criticism that makes the relationship between the critics and the press analogous to the one that occurs between the citizenry and state in a discursive democracy.