Dear Adam, While I'm in agreement with some of the other comments in that students shouldn't be coddled, I do know that there are plenty of mature academics who shrink at the mention of delving into Habermas! And Fraser is best with a Habermasian context to respond to. I've found the following really useful as a primer for introducing students to the concept in the context of digital communication/media. No one article is comprehensive, of course, and I also agree that Papacharissi (2002) (as well as Downey & Fenton (2003) 'New media, counter publicity and the public sphere')) are useful texts, particularly given the importance of the concept of counterpublicity. Dahlgren, P. (2001). ‘The Public Sphere and the Net: Structure, Space, and Communication’ in Bennett, W.L. & Entmann, R. (eds.) (2001), *Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy*, pp. 33-55. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cheers, Tessa ----------------------------- Dr Tessa J. Houghton<http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Modern-Languages/People/tessa.houghton> Assistant Professor in Media and Communication School of Modern Languages and Cultures The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus<http://www.nottingham.edu.my/index.aspx> Malaysia ph: +60 3 8924 8704 e: tessa.houghton@nottingham.edu.my <tessa.houghton@gmail.com> twitter: @TidgeH <https://twitter.com/#%21/TidgeH>
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Message: 4 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:39:13 -0400 From: Adam Fish <rawbird@gmail.com> To: Mediaanthropology EASA <medianthro@lists.easaonline.org>, air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Public Sphere Article? Message-ID: <CAD-s=SzOKB5kAct3k9krUtB=3n1-BUwRQvwbMoioiugEYz= v_w@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Dear List,
I am teaching an undergraduate course on media and the public sphere and looking for an article that introduces the public sphere. Habermas is too dense; Nancy Fraser probably too. The article could be an anthropological case study that frames the data in the theory of the public sphere or a more straight theoretical article. Any ideas?
Thank you!
Best,
-- Adam Fish, PhD Lecturer, Media Studies Sociology Department, Lancaster University mediacultures.org, @mediacultures