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Slashdot and the public sphere

2000; University of Illinois at Chicago; Volume: 5; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5210/fm.v5i9.790

1396-0466

Andrew Ó Baoill,

Media, Religion, Digital Communication

Jurgen Habermas's theory of the public sphere provides a model of idealised democratic debate. Three major features of this model can be identified - universal access, rational debate, and a disregard for rank. I analyse the model, and use it to examine Slashdot, a popular Web site, as an actualisation of public space.