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The cultural public sphere
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Abstract Media research that uses the concept of a public sphere in order to measure distortion against its ideal standard of dialogic democracy tends to concentrate upon the cognitive aspects of news and either ignores or disdains affective communications. Jurgen Habermas's original formulation distinguishe... view more
Media research that uses the concept of a public sphere in order to measure distortion against its ideal standard of dialogic democracy tends to concentrate upon the cognitive aspects of news and either ignores or disdains affective communications. Jurgen Habermas's original formulation distinguished between the literary and the political public spheres. While everyday news was a feature of the political public sphere, the literary public sphere was not so constrained journalistically by current events and provided an arena for deeper reflection. This article updates the notion of a literary public sphere into an expanded concept of the cultural public sphere, including the whole range of media and popular culture. This concept refers to the articulation of politics, public and personal, as a contested terrain through affective (aesthetic and emotional) modes of communication. Three typical political stances in relation to the cultural public sphere are identified and evaluated: uncritical populism, radical subversion and critical intervention.... view less
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics
Free Keywords
affective communications; critical intervention; cultural publicsphere; radical subversion; uncritical populism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 427-443
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 8 (2005) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549405057827
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)