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27MQUPFALL2013WhyshouldweseekandtellthetruthDoesanyoneknowwhattruthisTruthMattersendeavourstoshowwhytruthisimportantinaworldwheretheveryideaoftruthiscontested.PuttingphilosophersinconversationwitheducatorsliteraryscholarsphysicistspoliticaltheoristsandtheologiansTruthMattersdrawsontheideasofthinkerssuchasAquinasBalthasarBrandomDavidsonDooye-weerdGadamerHabermasKierkegaardPlantingaRicoeurandWolter-storff.Someessaysattempttoprovideasystematicaccountoftruthwhileotherswrestlewiththequestionofhowtruthistoldandwhatitmeanstolivetruthfully.Contributorsaddressdebatesbetweenrealistsandanti-realistsexploreissuessurroundingrelativismandconstructivismineduca-tionandthesocialsciencesexaminethepoliticsoftruthtellingandtheethicsofauthenticityandconsidervariousreligiousperspectivesontruth.Mostscholarsagreethattruthispropositionalbeingexpressedinstate-mentsthataresubjecttoproofordisproof.Thisbookgoesastepfarthertruthismorethanpropositional.Torecognizehowitismorethanproposi-tionaliscrucialforunderstandingwhytruthtrulymatters.Forafulllistofcontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.LambertZuidervaartisprofessorofphilosophyattheInstituteforChristianStudiesandtheUniversityofToronto.AllysonCarrisassociatedirectoroftheCentreforPhilosophyReligionandSocialEthicsattheInstituteforChristianStudies.MatthewJ.KlassenisadoctoralstudentinphilosophyattheInstituteforChristianStudies.RonnieShukerisadoctoralstudentinphilosophyattheInstituteforChristianStudies.Theconstraintsofnewsproductionandtheconsequentlimitationsofnewsresultdirectlyindissatisfactionthroughoutnewsaudiences.Newsstoriesarefrequentlyfoundtobeinadequatelyinformativetotheextentthatjournalismismoreinclinedtogeneratepoliticaldisenchantmentratherthanpromptitsaudiencestopursueafullyengagedlevelofpoliticalparticipationintheirsocieties.JournalismandPoliticalExclusionprovidesamulti-methodintegratedanalysisofnewsproductionandnewsaudiencesincludingalong-termstudyofcommunityactivistsinacentralCanadiancity.Duringtheseven-yeareldworkperioddifferentgroupsofresearchparticipantscompletedques-tionnaireswrotenewsdiariesandwereinterviewedintheirhomeswhileviewingnetworktelevisionnewscasts.Clarkeshowsthatfrustrationswiththeinformationallimitationsoftelevisionandothernewsmediaareacceler-atedamongwomenandtheworking-classoftenlackopportunitiestoaccessalternativeinformationsources.Thecriticalcontributionofjournalismtotheproductionandreproduc-tionofideasaboutsocialrealityisfrequentlyacknowledgedandassumedyetrarelyinvestigatedanddemonstrated.Throughanexaminationoftheevery-dayrealitiesofbothnewsproductionandnewsreceptionJournalismandPoliticalExclusionalsoshowshowthecurrentcrisesofprofessionaljour-nalismheightensthelevelofpoliticalexclusionexperiencedbyvarioussocialgroups.DebraM.ClarkeisassociateprofessorofsociologyatTrentUniversity.SPECIFICATIONSDecember2013978-0-7735-4270-9100.00SCDN100.00SUS77.00cloth6x9344ppElectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSNovember2013978-0-7735-4282-234.95ACDN34.95AUS23.99paper978-0-7735-4281-5100.00SCDN100.00SUS77.00cloth6x9392pp7tablesElectroniceditionavailableCOMMUNICATIONSTUDIESSOCIOLOGYJournalismandPoliticalExclusionSocialConditionsofNewsProductionandReceptiondebram.clarkeAcriticalanalysisofhowandwhyjournalismcanfrustrateaudiencesandinhibittheircapacitytobeinformedcitizens.PHILOSOPHYTruthMattersKnowledgePoliticsEthicsReligioneditedbylambertzuidervaartallysoncarrmatthewj.klassenandronnieshukerApioneeringstudyofwhytruthisimportantinphilosophypubliccultureandeverydaylife.