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Sep 5, 2022 · The tension between liberal and republican models of society, which Habermas has dealt with but probably not resolved in his deliberative and procedural theory of the public sphere, gives rise to the central problem of whether generalizable interpretations, interests, and principles in a society should only be proven and formed in the public sphere, or to what degree they can or must already ...
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- Democratic Theory and The Public Sphere
- Liberal Public Sphere Framework
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- Participatory Public Sphere Framework
- Functions of The Public Sphere
The conceptual representation of the public sphere points to different functions for society. Overall, conceptions emphasize the intermediation performance, through which there is orientation about the problems with a need for political action. What normative requirements best describe functions and performances of the public sphere depends on the ...
In the liberal tradition, the peoples’ rule makes use of the mediating intervention of representatives. Central to the understanding of representative democracy is the constitution and limitation of political rule within the framework of a constitution based on the rule of law. This framework essentially reduces citizen participation to periodic el...
The deliberative (or discursive) public sphere framework is based on normative assumptions of democracy. This approach was primarily shaped by Jürgen Habermas, who formulated a normative ideal to which the democratic procedures and the necessary forms of communication in the public sphere should be oriented. The deliberative model relies on discurs...
The participatory approaches to democracy theory and public sphere theory can be subdivided into different branches. In addition to direct democratic elements, Barber (1994) emphasized the concept of citizenship. Young (1993) particularly focused on the increased involvement of marginalized social groups. With regard to the public sphere, participa...
Following Neidhardt (1994b, pp. 22–28), this section summarizes three main functions of the public sphere from the democratic theoretical considerations outlined above: transparency, validation, and orientation. Neidhardt considered the public sphere as a “knowledge-generating system” that has to “collect, process, and pass on information” via cert...
- Christian Nuernbergk
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Feb 13, 2017 · Scholarship in the online public sphere and transnational public sphere communities has the largest potential to contribute to future theoretical development. In both communities, many empirical studies are published, as the results of the topic model showed.
- Adrian Rauchfleisch
- 2017
Jul 12, 2023 · Media scholars have long examined this media sphere (its contents, sourcing practices, framing conventions, etc.) through the lens of the public sphere. 1 Our aim in this article is to contribute to this debate by proposing a specific, contemporary interpretation of the public sphere—one that is rooted in the longer trajectory of Habermas’s work.
Jun 20, 2023 · The objective conditions for communicative options are first determined by the public context, which is an open, society-wide sphere of mutual observation and influence. The conditions also depend to a high degree on the respective media and their affordances that are technically and institutionally defined (Evans et al., 2016). However, other ...
Summary. The public sphere is a social entity with an important function and powerful effects in modern, democratic societies. The idea of the public sphere rests on the conviction that people living in a society, regardless of their age, gender, religion, economic or social status, professional position, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, or nationality, should be able to publicly express ...
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Nov 20, 2023 · According to Fraser (2007: 298), the normative legitimacy (e.g. does political opinion(s) emerge from a topography of the public sphere, which allows parity of participation) and the normative legitimacy (e.g. are political decisions traceable to the public sphere) are to be evaluated in political and social theory, empirical research and activism.
