The Deliberative System and Inter-Connected Media in Times of Uncertainty

lt;b>Rousiley C.M. Maia is Full Professor of Political Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science (Nottingham University, UK) and is coordinator of the Research Group in Media and the Public Sphere (EME / UFMG). She is the author of Deliberationacross Deeply Divided Societies (with J. Steiner, M. C. Jaramillo and S. Mamelli, Cambridge University Press, 2017), Recognition and the Media (2014, Palgrave McMillan), Deliberation, the Media and Political Talk (2012, Hampton Press), Media e Deliberação (2008, FGV), Comunicação eDemocracia (with Wilson Gomes, 2008, Paulus). Her work has been published in journals such as European Political Science Review, Political Studies; Policy Science; Journal of Public Deliberation, Human Communication Research, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, International Press/Politics, Representation, Journal of Political Power. She is currently associate editor of Journal of Communication and Journal of Information, Communication & Society.

1. Introduction.- 2. Normative Controversies: Challenges to Apply a Systemic Approach to Deliberation.- 3. Bringing the Public Sphere and the Media Back to the Systemic Approach.- 4. Justifications as a Linkage Mechanism.- 5. Reason-Giving across Arenas: Elite Actors.- 6. Reason-Giving across Arenas: Broader Public of Citizens.- 7. The Emotional Dimension of Reason-Giving.- 8. Emotions and Reasoning in Divided Groups.- 9. Conclusion and Research Outlook.