Digital transformations of the public arena / Andreas Jungherr, Ralph Schroeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jungherr, Andreas, author.

Schroeder, Ralph, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and communication, 2633-9897.

Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and communication, 2633-9897

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet in public administration--United States.

Internet in public administration.

Internet in public administration--Germany.

Internet in public administration--China.

Public institutions--United States.

Public institutions.

Public institutions--Germany.

Public institutions--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Digital technologies have changed the public arena, but there is little scholarly consensus about how they have done so. This Element lays out a new framework for the digitally mediated public arena by identifying structural changes and continuities with the pre-digital era. It examines three country cases - the United States, Germany, and China. In these countries and elsewhere, the emergence of new infrastructures such as search engines and social media platforms increasingly mediate and govern the visibility and reach of information, and thus reconfigure the transmission belt between citizens and political elites. This shift requires a rethinking of the workings and dysfunctions of the contemporary public arena and ways to improve it.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Dec 2021).

ISBN:

9781009079457

100907945X

9781009079655

1009079654

9781009064484

1009064487

OCLC:

1492998523