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Mediated Deliberation: The 2005 Referendum for Banning Firearm Sales in Brazil

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	Abstract

This article investigates the role of the news media in constructing mediated deliberation, focusing on how instrumental politics intertwines with critical argument exchanges in public debates. In the context of Brazil’s recent democratization process, the author analyzes mediated deliberation in the national referendum for banning firearm and ammunition sales in 2005. The following indicators are explored: (1) participant accessibility and characterization, (2) use of arguments, (3) reciprocity and responsiveness, and (4) reflexivity and reversibility of opinions. The article argues that normative deliberation principles add to controversy frame studies by helping understand how contending interlocutors increase the quality and the complexity of reasons in dispute in situations where no consensus or general agreement is expected.

First published on May 8, 2009, doi:10.1177/1940161209337090

The International Journal of Press/Politics 2009;14:313.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2009


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