Democracy and the Public Sphere
eBook - ePub

Democracy and the Public Sphere

From Dystopia Back to Utopia

  1. 263 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Democracy and the Public Sphere

From Dystopia Back to Utopia

About this book

From fake news to infringement of privacy in digital spheres, the changing landscapes of media and public communication have completely transformed contemporary democracies in recent decades.

Disruptions of media functioning can be seen as evidence for a transition from democracy to post-democracy, but how plausible is this scenario? Using empirical evidence, the author asks how imminent the threat of the end of democracy is, and how it can be restored.

Exploring the creative and destructive ways individuals and groups make use of new digital and social media in democratic societies across the world, the book presents a much-needed critical theory of the public sphere as we enter the new digital age.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Introduction: Vanishing Publics – The Erosion of Democracy and the Public Sphere
  8. 2 The Legacy and the Future of the Public Sphere
  9. 3 Public Sphere Dystopia: A Diagnosis
  10. 4 Between Dystopia and Utopia: The Social and Political Field of Public Sphere Criticism
  11. 5 Does All This Really Happen? The Experimental Setting of Public Sphere Resilience
  12. 6 Conclusion: Beyond Post-democracy
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index