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Communications Technology
and the
Public Sphere
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READING
Habermas:“The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article” (1964)
Enzensberger:“Constituents of a Theory of the Media” (1970)
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writingprintingliteracy
newspapersphotography
telegraphfilm
radiotv
computinginternet/web
read-write web
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properties of media
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hand-copied manuscript
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hand-copied manuscript
high cost
precious
takes a long time to create
may be altered or amended in the copying process
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moveable type
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moveable type
lower cost
more copies
less precious – more access
more likely to circulate
quicker to create
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moveable type
“Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.”
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motion pictures
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motion pictures
high expense
one program - many viewers
seats and screen
immobile audience
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motion pictures
“turn off cell phones and refrain from conversation”
one-to-many communication:school, church, movie house
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video
cheaper
faster
can be real-time
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broadcast television
limited channels
cable television
many channels – few owners
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television
a vast wasteland?
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1984 Mac Ad
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Jurgen Habermas – b. 1929
Adorno, Horkheimer, Frankfurt School
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere pub 1962
“The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article”(1964)
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“Citizens behave as a public body when they
confer in an unrestricted fashion – that is, with the
guarantee of freedom of assembly and association and
the freedom to express and publish their opinions -
about matters of general interest.”
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KEY TERMS:
public sphere
civil society
communicative action
Fourth Estate(clergy/nobility/commoners/press)
where ... public opinion... can be formedestablishing societal norms
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Hans Magnus Enzensbergerb 1929
“Constituents of a Theory of the Media” (1970)
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Hans Magnus Enzensbergerb 1929
“Constituents of a Theory of the Media” (1970)