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The Internet Soapbox Perspectives on a Changing Public Sphere
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Terje Rasmussen
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Political aspects.
- Internet.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 p.)
- Other Title:
- Internet Soapbox
- Place of Publication:
- Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) 2016
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reviews Internet research and political theory seeking theoretically "cool-headed" perspectives on the current public political spaces in advanced societies. Aspects of the political theories of Rawls and Habermas are discussed and contrasted with contestation-oriented theories. In light of how the Internet takes part in structurally transforming the public sphere, the book draws on sociological and realist insights in order to encircle a more realist view. It briefly reconsiders such strange bedfellows as sociological systems theory (Niklas Luhmann) and political realism (eg. Bernard Williams). The purpose is not to construct a realist theory of the internet-based public sphere, but to point out central insights on which such a theory can be built.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 82-15-02718-0
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