#1062 - Daniel C. Hallin

Daniel C. Hallin is Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. His research covers media and politics, media and war, media and public health, the history of journalistic professionalism, and comparative media systems, particularly in Europe and Latin America. Hallin divides the world of political discourse into three concentric spheres: consensus, legitimate controversy, and deviance. Hallin's spheres, which deals with the media, are similar to the Overton window, which deals with public opinion generally, and posits a sliding scale of public opinion on any given issue ranging from conventional wisdom to unacceptable.