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The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
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From directions to descriptions: Reading the theatrical Nebentext in Ben Jonson’s Workes as an authorial outlet
TL;DR: This paper explored how certain dramatists in early modern England and in Spain, specifically Ben Jonson and Miguel de Cervantes, pursued authority over texts by claiming as their own a new realm which had not been available to playwrights before: the stage directions in printed plays.
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Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance
TL;DR: LaBelle as discussed by the authors divides sound's functions into four figures of resistance: the invisible, the overheard, the itinerant and the weak, and argues for their role in creating alternative publics in which to foster mutuality and dissent.
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The Commercial Appropriation of Fame : A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off
TL;DR: Tan as discussed by the authors explores the right of publicity in the US and the passing off action in the UK and Australia, and demonstrates how an appreciation of the production, circulation and consumption of fame can be incorporated into a pragmatic framework to further the understanding of the laws protecting the commercial value of the celebrity personality.
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Educating Democratic Citizens: A Broad View
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a broad view of Democratic Citizens: A Broad View of Educating Democratic Citizens, Vol. 40, Rethinking the Social Studies, pp. 6-13.
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Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework for understanding the range of institutional possibilities for public participation, including who participates, how participants communicate with one another and make decisions together, and how discussions are linked with policy or public action.
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Social Network Sites as Networked Publics: Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications
TL;DR: Ito et al. as discussed by the authors argue that publics can be reactors, re-makers and re-distributors, engaging in shared culture and knowledge through discourse and social exchange as well as through acts of media reception.
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A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication
W. Lance Bennett,Shanto Iyengar +1 more
TL;DR: For instance, this article pointed out that people have become increasingly detached from overarching institutions such as public schools, political parties, and civic groups, which at one time provided a shared context for receiving and interpreting messages.
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The virtual sphere: The internet as a public sphere
TL;DR: The internet and its surrounding technologies hold the promise of reviving the public sphere; however, several aspects of these new technologies simultaneously curtail and augment that potential as discussed by the authors, and it is possible that internet-based technologies will adapt themselves to the current political culture, rather than create a new one.
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Democracy online: civility, politeness, and the democratic potential of online political discussion groups:
TL;DR: The study results revealed that most messages posted on political newsgroups were civil, and suggested that because the absence of face-to-face communication fostered more heated discussion, cyberspace might actually promote Lyotard's vision of democratic emancipation through disagreement and anarchy.