CMST 3H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nancy Fraser, Imagined Community, Investigative Journalism
3 Feb 2018
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19c north america: newspapers as historic media. Case study: the african american press: freedom"s journal, nyc, 1826-29, frederick douglass, north star, rochester, ny, 1847-51, ida b. 19c newspapers and : imagined community, reading a newspaper, sharing events in the world despite them being in different places, bourgeois public sphere. Idea that people who aren"t equals can come together about events of the day which begins how publics are happening. How do newspapers support emerging public sphere: inform readers, get to read the newspaper, extend polite conversation into print, giving us a sense of how we go about having a conversation with the public, represent public opinion. Body of private persons who assemble to discuss matters of public concern. Key traits: rational discussion, open discussion, discuss as if peers, focus on the common good, distinct from, economic realm (private interests, the state, strong v. weak publics, (e. g. , parliament v. the press) She said that there are problems with bourgeois" public sphere.
