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Comparing public spheres: normative models and empirical measurements
journal contribution
posted on 2013-09-25, 11:18 authored by John DowneyJohn Downey, Sabina MiheljSabina Mihelj, Thomas KoenigMost contemporary work on public spheres tends to adopt, either explicitly or implicitly, Habermas’s idea of a deliberative public sphere as a normative model. There are, however, a number of other normative models available that are rarely the subject of empirical scrutiny: republican, liberal and multicultural. This article poses the empirical question of whether actually existing public spheres more closely resemble one model rather than another. To answer this question, the authors develop ways to measure public spheres, at both national and transnational level. They ground this attempt to move comparative media analysis forward conceptually and empirically via a case study comparing media content about the EU Constitution in six countries.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
DOWNEY, J., MIHELJ, S. and KOENIG, T., 2012. Comparing public spheres: normative models and empirical measurements. European Journal of Communication, 27 (4), pp. 337 - 353.Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd © The authorsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2012Notes
This article was published in the serial, European Journal of Communication [ SAGE Publications Ltd © the authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323112459447ISSN
0267-3231Publisher version
Language
- en