CMN 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Personalization, Global Warming Controversy, Public Sphere

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 600
• Professor: Shiga John

Document Summary

Week 8- from public sphere to public relations. Arena of collective self-dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) th(cid:396)ough (cid:862)the (cid:373)ediu(cid:373) of talk(cid:863) Habermas: health of public sphere depends on how we argue. Conversation driven by cooperation to find common ground, not by competition or showmanship. Conditions of public sphe(cid:396)e"s e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)(cid:272)e: cities, printing press, middle class. Public sphere: the modern period (late 19th century to 20th century) Decline of public sphere due to: mass democracy, re-feudalization, public relations. Purpose changes from validity to praise as it goes from peer to public. Goes from what and how (peer) to so what and now what (public) Significance of observations and facts mostly left out peer to public communication must be explained in popularizations. Deontological: appeal=wonder appeal (eg: the extraordinary nature of x, y or x) Teleological appeal = application appeal (value of fact or finding is that it leads to beneficial applications) Five journalistic norms that affect how science is reported.