Abstract:Feminist scholars have offered incisive analyses of Habermas's early work on the concept of the public sphere as both an idealization of a specific historical period in Western European society and an...Feminist scholars have offered incisive analyses of Habermas's early work on the concept of the public sphere as both an idealization of a specific historical period in Western European society and an exclusionary historical account that fails to place importance on activity in spheres associated with women and other marginalized discursive communities. At the same time, most feminists, regardless of their respective scholarly fields, have been slow to attend to the significance of media within the Habermasian notion of the public sphere. Over time, feminists have increasingly devoted more attention to the role of the media within public sphere theory and practice, whether in mainstream or alternative forms of mediated communication, and, more recently, in consideration of the relevance of the public sphere concept to feminism and new media. Still, more research is needed in order to address the public sphere within feminist scholarship on media policy and governance, as well as to recognize the ways in which globalization processes have obviated the need to develop a concept of a feminist transnational counterpublic sphere that accounts for media while avoiding media‐centrism.Read More
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-07-08
Language: en
Type: other
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