- published: 12 Apr 2016
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The public sphere (German: Öffentlichkeit) is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action. Communication scholar Gerard Hauser has defined it as "a discursive space in which individuals and groups associate to discuss matters of mutual interest and, where possible, to reach a common judgment about them." The public sphere can be seen as "a theater in modern societies in which political participation is enacted through the medium of talk" and "a realm of social life in which public opinion can be formed".
This video lecture outline Habermas's analysis of the public sphere and why it is important in understanding the role of the mass media in society.
By Peter Smith. Jurgen Habermas' concept of the "Public Sphere".
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A very brief walkthrough of Habermas's 1964 encyclopedia entry
A quick and basic overvie of Habermas' Public Sphere theory, with some discussion of how this applies to the newspaper industry.
I decided to make a video about awkward situations for my Public Sphere class. Nik, Christina, Justine, and John "The Dad", you guys are champs. Thank you so so much!
For my digital journalism students, I explain why histories like Zaret's "Origins of Democratic Culture" are important to understanding the implications of today's changing news media landscape to the future of democracy
European Civilization, 1648-1945 (HIST 202) While the major philosophical projects of the Enlightenment are associated with the names of individual thinkers such as Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire, the cultural transformation in France in the years leading up to the Revolution should also be understood in the context of the public sphere and popular press. Alongside such luminaries as those associated with Diderot's Encyclopédie were a host of lesser pamphleteers and libellists eager for fame and some degree of fortune. If the writings of this latter group were typically vulgar and bereft of literary merit, they nonetheless contributed to the "desacralization" of monarchy in the eyes of the growing literate public. Lawyers' briefs, scandal sheets and pornographic novels all played a r...
This overview examines the ways that public sphere theories might be used to understand the movement of 19th century American women from the private sphere of domesticity and family into more public roles within society.
A short vidcast from AUT University. Dr Martin Hirst discusses the internet and its implications for democracy.