437 research outputs found
Doing citizenship: The cultural origin of civic agency in the public shpere
The notion of civic agency gains relevance in the discussions about declining participation in democracy. This article argues that we need to take a âcultural turnâ in our understanding of such agency, seeing citizenship not just in formal terms but also in regard to meaning, practices, communication and identities. It pulls together various strands of thought that are helpful in conceptualizing civic agency, first from the republican conception of democracy, and then from perspectives on civil society. Thereafter it focuses on public spheres and the civic competencies associated with them, particularly the communicative variety. Finally, it critically addresses the notion of deliberative democracy, a concept that has come to signal the mode of communicative interaction of the public sphere, and suggests that this view of civic communication ignores a number of important issues in regard to the cultural aspects of civic competence
Web et participation politique : quelles promesses et quels piÚges ?
Ici, la principale prĂ©occupation est le rĂŽle d'internet dans la participation des citoyens Ă la dĂ©mocratie. En particulier, ce qui concerne le web en tant quâenvironnement de plus en plus intĂ©grĂ© au quotidien. Il sâagit dâabord de situer le web dans le contexte troublĂ© de la dĂ©mocratie contemporaine. Ensuite, sont retracĂ©s plusieurs points clĂ©s du dĂ©bat opposant optimistes et pessimistes au sujet de ce que le web peut faire Ă la dĂ©mocratie, avant que ne soit pointĂ© un certain nombre de caractĂšres relatifs Ă l'environnement web et Ă la culture des mĂ©dias, le tout en lien avec thĂšme de la participation. Quant Ă la derniĂšre section, elle tente de revenir sur la logique de rĂ©seau et sa signification positive en termes de participation, offre Ă cet Ă©gard deux tendances problĂ©matiques entravant ce potentiel. La discussion finale accentue le caractĂšre ambivalent de rĂŽle dĂ©mocratique du web, et l'importance de l'analyser dans des contextes spĂ©cifiques.The overarching concern in this text is the internetâs role in citizensâ participation in democracy, broadly understood. In particular, I focus on the web as an environment increasingly integrated with peopleâs everyday lives. I first situate the web in the context of the troubles facing contemporary democracy. From there, in the second section, I briefly review some of the key points in the debates between âoptimistsâ and âpessimistsâ regarding what the net can do for democracy. In the third section I highlight a number of attributes of the web environment and its media culture, linking these features to the theme of participation. The fourth section probes the network logic of the internet and its positive significance for participation, and also offers two problematic tendencies that impede this potential. The concluding discussion accentuates the ambivalent nature of the webâs democratic role, and the importance of analyzing it in terms of specific contexts
Skiciranje evolucije novinarstva: vidokrug demokracije
The contemporary developments within journalism raise many issues about its future. Working with a rather wide brush, this article looks at some key factors that are shaping journalism at present. The author sketches some general parameters that apply to most Western societies; the perspective draws especially the US, where the crisis has been extensively analyzed. Every national context, however, has its own version of journalismâs evolution. The author emphasizes what he sees as being journalismâs fundamental raison dâĂȘtre, namely to facilitate and enhance democracy. This includes nourishing its norms, values and practices; journalism must touch us, inspire us, and contribute to our daily democratic horizons. The article begins with a quick glimpse at the various structural factors that are shaping the transformation of journalism. From there, the author probes some of the contemporary technological developments and their impact on journalism, and looks at how the audiences for journalism are changing, along with their roles as citizens and consumers. In the final section the article explores the intensifying multi-perspective character of the emerging journalistic landscape, and some of its implications.Suvremeni razvoj novinarstva otvara niz pitanja o njegovoj buduÄnosti. U ovom Älanku daje se uvid u neke od kljuÄnih faktora koji trenutaÄno oblikuju novinarstvo. Autor skicira neke od opÄih parametara koji se odnose na veÄinu zemalja Zapada, s posebnim naglaskom na analizu kriza u SAD-u. Ipak, verzije evolucije novinarstva razliÄite su u razliÄitim nacionalnim kontekstima. Autor istiÄe ono ĆĄto sam vidi kao temeljni raison dâĂȘtre novinarstva, ono ĆĄto omoguÄuje i jaÄa demokraciju, a to ukljuÄuje jaÄanje novinarskih normi, vrijednosti i prakse. ZadaÄa je novinarstva dotaknuti nas, nadahnuti, pridonijeti naĆĄem svakodnevnom demokratskom vidokrugu. Älanak zapoÄinje kratkim pregledom razliÄitih strukturnih faktora koji oblikuju proces transformacije novinarstva. Dalje autor istraĆŸuje neka od suvremenih tehnoloĆĄkih dostignuÄa i njihov uÄinak na novinarstvo, kao i promjene publika koje se zbivaju paralelno s promjenom njihovih uloga kao graÄana i konzumenata. U zavrĆĄnom poglavlju Älanak istraĆŸuje intenzivirani multiperspektivni karakter novinarske okoline u razvoju, kao i neke od njegovih implikacija
MĂ©dias et sphĂšres publiques en SuĂšde. LâĂ©mergence dâune nouvelle hĂ©gĂ©monie
Il sâagit dâinterroger le fonctionnement de lâespace public en SuĂšde qui est essentiellement tournĂ© vers la rĂ©solution de questions pratiques, sinon techniques, et prisonnier dâun provincialisme oĂč la notion dâintellectuel reste pĂ©jorativement connotĂ©e. Les SuĂ©dois ont apprĂ©hendĂ© le passage dâun Ătat- Providence â social-dĂ©mocrate et corporatiste â vers des formes nĂ©o-libĂ©rales oĂč le paysage audiovisuel fait montre aujourdâhui dâun certain pluralisme. Mais il a aussi gĂ©nĂ©rĂ© de la fragmentation et relĂ©guĂ© les intellectuels vers des ghettos ou autres lieux dâisolement. Dans un contexte de nouvelle donne europĂ©enne, comment peuvent se rejouer les conditions du pluralisme et de la mĂ©diation, tant en SuĂšde que sur les rives de la Baltique ?This article questions the operation of the public space in Sweden, which is primarily turned towards the resolution of practical questions, if not technical, and which is prisoner of a provincialism where the concept of intellectual remains pejoratively connoted. The Swedes apprehended the passage of a social democrat Welfare state, supporter of corporatism, towards neoliberal forms where the audio-visual landscape shows certain pluralism today. But it also generated fragmentation and relegated the intellectuals towards ghettos or other places of insulation. In a context of European new deal, how can the conditions of pluralism and mediation are replayed, both in Sweden and on the banks of the BalticÂ
In Search of the Talkative Public: Media, Deliberative Democracy and Civic Culture
Komunikacijska se interakcija smatra kljuÄnim mjestom u teorijama demokracije.
Posljednjih je godina ideja prosuÄujuÄe (deliberative) demokracije
komunikacijskim pristupom potaknula elemente politiÄke teorije. Ta se ideja
uglavnom temelji na habermasovskoj tradiciji i povezuje teorije civilnog druĆĄtva
i graÄanstva. Zato ima i razmjerno snaĆŸnu normativnu dimenziju. Ipak,
poteĆĄkoÄa ima i dalje. Namjera je ovog Älanka ispitati poimanje prosuÄujuÄe
demokracije, stavljajuÄi je u okvire tako da se moĆŸe bolje iskoristiti, kako za
teoretski, tako i za empirijski rad. Älanak poÄinje kratkim predstavljanjem teorijske
pozadine. Zatim autor raspravlja o nekim suvremenim pitanjima konceptualizacije,
primjerice o pitanju je li javni govor dio svakodnevne konverzacije
ili poseban oblik interakcije. Ta definicijska pitanja su osnova za ispitivanje
dvaju nedavnih empirijskih doprinosa. U zakljuÄku Älanak pokuĆĄava
smjestiti prosuÄujuÄu demokraciju unutar analitiÄkog sklopa graÄanske kulture.
ProsuÄujuÄa demokracija, ili jednostavno raspravljanje, tako postaje jedna
od ĆĄest dimenzija graÄanske kulture.Theories of democracy consider communicative interaction among citizens
central. In recent years the idea of deliberative democracy has galvanised elements
of political theory with perspectives on communication. This concept
emerges to a large extent from the Habermasian trajectory and links currents
from theories of civil society and citizenship. It has thus a rather forceful normative
dimension. However, there are difficulties; and the aim of the article is
to probe the notion of deliberative democracy by framing it in ways that may
render it more useful for both theoretical and empirical work. The article begins
with a quick interpretation of the theoretical background. From there the
author discusses some current issues of conceptualisation, in particular if such
talk should be seen as a part of everyday conversation or a special mode of interaction.
These definitional issues set the stage for an examination of two recent
empirical contributions. In the final section, the article attempts to situate
deliberative democracy within an analytic framework of civic culture. Deliberative
democracy, or simply discussion, becomes, one of six dimensions of
civic culture
Reconsidering Participatory Journalism in the Internet Age
Participatory journalism is embedded in larger dilemmas of access, interaction, and participation, where it is used as a general rubric to refer to all forms of non-professional activities of journalistic conduct that capture the ideas of collaborative and collective action. The article suggests that the relations between journalists and the audience have changed significantly in the last decade or so: where the members of the audience have started to operate as co-producers of the news. Simultaneously, journalists are beginning to develop a sense of how to reinvent themselves as the co-creators of the content. In this regard, thinking about, and exploring, participatory journalism demands some conceptual precision; we will not be helped if it becomes a signifier for any- and everything that is not mainstream journalism. The article discusses the contexts, practices, and dilemmas of participatory journalism in three sections. In doing so, it looks at the key conceptual difficulties regarding the complexities of citizen access to public life, where various interactive possibilities of online platforms are evolving. These are set against the manifold difficulties of contemporary democracy and traditional journalism. In the concluding section, the article sets possible future paths for participatory journalism research
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