The full text of his speech in German in PDF form is apparently here: http://www.renner-institut.at/download/texte/habermas2006-03-09.pdf The translation that is circulating around the Internet of some of what he said about the Internet from signandsight is: "On the one hand, the communication shift from books and the printed press to the television and the Internet has brought about an unimagined broadening of the media sphere, and an unprecedented consolidation of communication networks. Intellectuals used to swim around in the public sphere like fish in water, but this environment has become ever more inclusive, while the exchange of ideas has become more intensive than ever. But on the other hand the intellectuals seem to be suffocating from the excess of this vitalising element, as if they were overdosing. The blessing seems to have become a curse. I see the reasons for that in the de- formalisation of the public sphere, and in the de-differentiation of the respective roles." Did you translate that other paragraph you quoted yourself, Jeremy Hunsinger? Or was there another page on signandsight I missed? It is excessively frustrating that his speech has not been translated to English in full yet, so please add my voice to the request that someone translate it and post it to the list (and preferably put the translation onto a web page somewhere we can all link to). P.S. Can anyone suggest how one should refer to a speech using Endnote? I have ended up treating Habermas' speech transcript as an "Electronic Source" resulting in this: Habermas, J. (2006) Ein Avantgardistischer Spürsinn Für Relevanzen Renner Institute Last accessed: 28 March, 2006 Last updated: 9 March, 2006 Address: http://www.renner-institut.at/download/texte/ habermas2006-03-09.pdf. But I'm sure there's a better way... --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)