What is happening to public debate in Western cultures? Is our
public sphere disintegrating? In the face of popular tabloid
newspapers, new forms of reality television and an increasing lack
of respect for traditional authorities, many critics are concerned
that our society no longer has a rational, informed and unified
space where everyone can communicate about the issues that affect
us all. In this book Alan McKee answers these questions by
providing an introduction to the concept of the public sphere, the
history of the term and the philosophical arguments about its
function. By drawing on many examples from contemporary mediated
culture, McKee looks at how we communicate with each other in
public - and how we decide whether changing forms of communication
are a good thing for the 'public sphere'.
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