The Public Sphere

An Introduction

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ID19916601
AuthorsAlan Mckee (0000-0003-0577-2061, The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2004
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePublic Sphere (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511819339
OpenAlexW79408451
Open LibraryOL34479491M
ISBN9780511819339
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited9

What is happening to public debate in Western cultures? Is our public sphere disintegrating? In the face of popular tabloid newspapers, new forms of reality television and an increasing lack of respect for traditional authorities, many critics are concerned that our society no longer has a rational, informed and unified space where everyone can communicate about the issues that affect us all. In this book Alan McKee answers these questions by providing an introduction to the concept of the public sphere, the history of the term and the philosophical arguments about its function. By drawing on many examples from contemporary mediated culture, McKee looks at how we communicate with each other in public - and how we decide whether changing forms of communication are a good thing for the 'public sphere'

Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Function (biology) · Happening · Media studies · Newspaper · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Public space · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Term (time) · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Communication · Mass media · Nonfiction · Social aspects

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