The ideal of democracy presupposes
a shared public sphere in which citizens can construct, debate and decide on collective projects.
In truth, social media is not a telescopic lens — as the telephone actually was — but an opinion - fracturing prism that shatters social cohesion by replacing
a shared public sphere and its dynamically overlapping discourse with a wall of increasingly concentrated filter bubbles.
Having such a hugely complex problem that 1) doesn't really respond so well to the old tools, and 2) is of monumental importance to get right, without experiment, while 3) having to
share the public sphere with new kinds of very demanding clients, 4) hoards of people speaking excitedly with a range of different skill levels about their own ideas, and 5) a web world of creative thinkers like us too.
Not exact matches
If
shared background knowledge is essential for effective reading, writing, speaking, and listening in a nation, then the schools of a nation need to be common schools that teach this
shared knowledge of the
public sphere.
Postcommodity works to forge new metaphors capable of rationalizing our
shared experiences within this increasingly challenging contemporary environment; promote a constructive discourse that challenges the social, political and economic processes that are destabilizing communities and geographies; and connect Indigenous narratives of cultural self - determination with the broader
public sphere.
Based on interdisciplinary research, knowledge
sharing and experience exchange, the programme fosters processes of cross-pollination to investigate the relationship between art and
public sphere.
Though fictive, the utopian proposal gained credence as it was discussed and
shared among planning officials and reviewers, ultimately becoming a springboard for dialogue about possibilities and even actualities in the
sphere of
public space.
These they
shared, over the course of a few days, on the telephone, and in such
public spheres as gallery openings, drinks parties, and in bed alone, each thinking of the other.
The Mandelbaums recognized the importance of
sharing the fruits of their collecting in the
public sphere.