Media as Democratic Public Space?

Authors

  • Vojtěch Mašek

Keywords:

media as a political phenomenon, media as public space, public space and public sphere, democratic conditions of media and journalism, models of public space/public sphere in political and media philosophy, traditional mass media and new media networks, citizenship participation in media, citizen journalism renewal, citizen journalism and civic journalism

Abstract

Media as Democratic Public Space? – This paper explores the potential of the present-day traditional and new media to establish an “open space” of action, deliberation and political participation of democratic citizens. In the light of four selected models of media public space presented in the present-day political philosophy, the paper reflects on opportunities for the renewal of “civic journalism” in today’s complex media scene.

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Published

2020-07-20

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2–3 (2011): Summer 2011

Section

Articles