PUBLIC SPHERE: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AN UPGRADE DIAGNOSIS<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v3i2.177199"><i> <b>[doi: 10.7443/problemata.v3i2.177199]</b></i></a>

Authors

  • Delamar José Volpato Dutra
  • Dilnéia Rochana Tavares do Couto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v3i2.14959

Abstract

Fifty years after the publication of the book The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere the historical analysis provided by Habermas follows yet a leading role, especially in studies of the processes that trigger structural changes in practices involving the formation of public opinion. The goal of this paper is to reconstruct part of the analyzes that have been developed by different theorists since the publication of the work. The aim is to contribute to the upgrade of the Habermasian thesis, specifically regarding the diagnosis about the role of media in the process of shaping public opinion. This study will be divided as follows: first, a brief review of the concepts of public opinion and published opinion offered by Habermas. Secondly, the review of the arguments that would permit rethinks the role of mass media in the process, thus conferred by Habermas, of the colonization of the public sphere. Finally, to facilitate the identification of new media for to help in the reconstruction of critical processes of process that forms the public opinion according current demands.

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Published

2012-12-21

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): The public sphere 50 years later: a presentation

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