Public Sphere Miss Sutasinee Nirattimanon Public Sphere Historical
Public Sphere Miss Sutasinee Nirattimanon
Public Sphere - Historical phenomenon - Normative idea In Jurgen Habermas’s The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Public sphere as historical phenomenon • Who : segments of the educated, propertied strata (highly maleoriented) • What : reasoned and critical exchange of view and information on questions of common concern (ปญหาทผคนสนใจหรอกงวล รวมกน )
Public sphere as historical phenomenon • When : in the eighteenth century • Where : salons, coffee houses and clubs France, England Germany • Why : to form public opinion that will in turn shape policies of the state and development of society
Public sphere as historical phenomenon • How : Equal, critical, collective –Equal เทาเทยม –Critical วพากษ วจารณ –Collective ขอสรปรวมเทากน
Role of media • Intellectual journals, pamphlets and newspaper
Role of media • To notify about upcoming events (to seek participation) and to inform members about resolution and movement of group • หาผลสรป วนนมการคยเรองอะไร โดยหาขอมลจากหนงสอพ มพ ซงเมอกอน นสพ.
Role of media • Very little to nonexistent commercial role • จะไมมบทบาทเชงพาณชยเ ลย
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Decline of public sphere • Mass democracy • Commercialization of press and society • The welfare state
Public sphere as normative ideal Democratic communication การสอสารเพอสรางประช าธปไตย
A Public sphere is A neutral zone where access to relevant information affecting the public good is widely available where discussion is free domination and where all those participating in public debate do so on an equal basis
A Public sphere is Within this public sphere, people collectively determine through the process of rational debate the way in which they want to see society develop, and this shapes in turn the conduct of government policy.
Dimensions of the public sphere • Access (open) • Equality and freedom from domination (เสรภาพโดยปราศจากการขมข )
Dimensions of the public sphere • Collactive participation (มสวนรวมกน ) • Rational dialogue and argument
Dimensions of the public sphere • Conclusion or resolution about further movement that will affect government policy or political action
Dimensions of the public sphere • Role of media as provider or public space for exchange and debate and as multiplier (ผขยายผลจากการแลกเปลยน ) of consequences from resolution obtained in the group discussion
Communication • Face- to- face communication + newspaper (สอทเปนแกนกลาง ) • Mass-mediated communication e. g. radio, television มมวลชนคนกลาง • Virtual communication e. g. Internet/cyberspace and CMC
Pseudo public sphere เชน Web board
Evaluating the public sphere • The public sphere cannot be seen as space operating in isolation from all other social, political and economic domain • To understand the public sphere, one has to look at specific historical circumstances which both comprise its space and precondition for it funcioning
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