Zizi Papacharissi is professor of communication and political science, head of the communication department, and University of Illinois Scholar at the University of Illinois–Chicago. She lives in Chicago.
This is a deeply original and well-written book. The focus on conversations, combined with personal reflections and engagement with key theory, is valuable, personal and always feels intimate-rare in a book about something so abstract and distant as 'democracy.' -Mark Deuze, author of Media Life Papacharissi brings her singular style to understanding today's reeling democracy. After Democracy provides a blueprint for more engaged and creative communication research and more responsive and responsible governance. -Adrienne Russell, author of Journalism as Activism: Recoding Media Power Derived from listening to citizens' discontent with how they're governed, Zizi Papacharissi 's After Democracy is a wise book on democracy's unfilled promise, and how that promise can be more fully realized in the technological age. -Thomas E. Patterson, author of We The People: An Introduction to American Government At a moment when the future of democracy is in question, After Democracy provides a much needed reflection on what we are truly 'after,' and how we might achieve it. - Michael X. Delli Carpini, author of After Broadcast News A fascinating perspective on our current political, economic and communication crises, featuring citizen interviews from around the world. After Democracy offers insightful conclusions about how we can restore democracy. -W. Lance Bennett, author of News: The Politics of Illusion