The morality and political antagonisms of neoliberal discourse: Campbell Brown and the dorporatization of educational justice

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dc.citation.volume11
dc.contributor.authorSalter LS
dc.contributor.authorPhelan SP
dc.date.available2017
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractNeoliberalism is routinely criticized for its moral indifference, especially concerning the social application of moral objectives. Yet it also presupposes a particular moral code, where acting on the assumption of individual autonomy becomes the basis of a shared moral-political praxis. Using a discourse theoretical approach, this article explores different articulations of morality in neoliberal discourse. We focus on the case of Campbell Brown, the former CNN anchor who reinvented herself from 2012 to 2016 as a prominent charter school advocate and antagonist of teachers unions. We examine the ideological significance of a campaigning strategy that coheres around an image of the moral superiority of corporatized schooling against an antithetical representation of the moral degeneracy of America’s public schools system. In particular, we highlight how Brown attempts to incorporate the fragments of different progressive discourses into a neoliberalized vision of educational justice.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent3030 - 3050
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dc.identifier.citationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 2017, 11 pp. 3030 - 3050
dc.identifier.elements-id381700
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1932-8036
dc.publisherUniversity of Southern California
dc.relation.isPartOfINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
dc.rights© 2017 (Leon A. Salter and Sean Phelan). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd).
dc.subjectneoliberalism
dc.subjectdiscourse
dc.subjectmedia
dc.subjectpublic education
dc.subjectcharter schools
dc.subjectunions
dc.subject.anzsrc1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
dc.subject.anzsrc1903 Journalism and Professional Writing
dc.subject.anzsrc2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.titleThe morality and political antagonisms of neoliberal discourse: Campbell Brown and the dorporatization of educational justice
dc.typeJournal article
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