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The Public Sphere 2.0
@olovholm #unsphere
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Informal Survey
1: Are you using the Internet ?a: Once a weekb: Several times a weekc: Once a day or more (d: ”All the time”)
2: Are you using Social Networking Sites?a: Facebookb: Twitterc: MySpaced: Flickre: Local variants (Vkontakte, StudiVZ etc)f: Topical variants (LinkedIn, Acadmia)
0: Do you want to participate in a short survey? 4 Questions
3: Do you share information on the Internet? a: Discussions online - Newsgroup b: Homepage - Blogc: Social Networking Sitesd: Colaborated encyclopedi (wikipedia, )e: Consumer reviews - Ratings
4: Do you use Web services in your research work?a: Search Enginesb: Social Networking Sitesc: Colaborated encyclopedid: Blogs
The Public Sphere
Jürgen Habermas (1929 - )
Nic*Rad @ Flickr
German Philospher Critical Theory
Communicative rationalityPublic Sphere
Influenced by Adorno, Horkheimer (Frankfurt IfSR), Kant, Marx, Hegel
University of Marburg, University of Heidelberg, Max Planck in Starnberg
7th most cited author in humanities (Times Higher Education Guide)
Theoretical Foundation
STATE PUBLIC SPHERE PRIVATE LIFE
”The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere” (1962 & 1989)
- Decline of the public spheres and democracy.- Sphere of manipulations (PR, advertisers, NGO)- Spectator politics through media. - Corporations take over the institutions of
communication- Commodification of news media- Control by mass media - Consumer citizens / clients
18th & 19th Century 1900s and onward Now and beyond
?Many newspapers, Open discussions,Rationality, Arguments,Concensus
Number of newspaper decreased,Closed governmentsInstitutionalized
Success criterion for Public sphere
• the extent of access (as close to universal as possible)• the degree of autonomy (the citizens must be free of
coercion)• the rejection of hierarchy (so that each might
participate on an equal footing)• the rule of law (particularly the subordination of the
state) • and the quality of participation (the common
commitment to the ways of logic)(Rutherford)
InvestigationWho:
News: Journalists, Editors, BloggersPolitics: Parties, Politicians, Institutions, NGOCompanies: Marketing division, Employers, CEOsPrivate persons: Readers, contributors, active
citizens, What:
Activity, practices, opinions
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