Jamieson, Kathleen HallHardy, Bruce2023-05-222023-05-222012-07-012013-08-29https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1980To answer the question posed by the title of this article, we sketch what we mean by the concepts of civility and argument and engagement; note the ways in which the rise of partisan media menaces civil engaged argument; and close with analysis of an exchange between a prominent Democrat and Republican that illustrates the importance of common definitions and sources of trusted evidence.© 2012 Cambridge University Press, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSCCommunicationPolitical ScienceSocial and Behavioral SciencesSpeech and Rhetorical StudiesArticle