CS206 Lecture Notes - Edward Bernays, Participatory Democracy, Jürgen Habermas
20 Nov 2012
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Main theorist of the public sphere: jurgen habermas. An area of social life where individuals/groups come together to identify and discuss society"s problems. A space in which political participation is enacted through talk. A realm of social life in which public opinion is formed. A space of discourse which is often critical of the state. Focuses on ideas of participatory democracy and how public opinion becomes political action through democratic processes. Study how information is deliberated in the public sphere & what influence the public sphere has on society. Growing rates of literacy- more people are reading and understanding things. New kind of critical journalism: due to these 3 things emerging across europe, this increased public communication & the public sphere. 1) disregard of social status- people treated equal. 2) domain of common concern- issues of criteria that hadn"t been questioned before.
