scholarly journals Institutional references (European/Global Public Sphere)

10.34778/2zj ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Lichtenstein
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Court ◽  
National Quality ◽  
The Public Sphere

The variable “institutional references” refers to international institutions which are mentioned in the coverage of national media outlets. International institutions can be related to the EU (e.g., the European Commission, the European Parliament) or other transnational communities (e.g., the NATO for the transatlantic community). Studies using the variable “institutional reference” aim to compare the share of mentions of transnational and national institutions and search for differences between countries and/or an increase of references over time. The variable has been measured in analyses on quality and the popular press and in single country studies as well as in comparative research. It is usually coded on the level of articles. Some studies consider headlines or the articles’ first paragraph only.   Field of application/theoretical foundation: The variable “institutional references” is used to analyze the monitoring of transnational governance in national media outlets. It is one indicator for the vertical transnationalization of the public sphere (Koopmans & Erbe, 2004; Trenz, 2004; Wessler et al., 2008).   References/combination with other methods of data collection: Research on vertical transnationalization of the public sphere has been combined with qualitative studies on editorial processes and interviews with journalists (Hepp et al., 2012). The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of which editorial processes and which occasions drive EU coverage.   Example studies: Wessler et al. (2008); Hepp et al. (2016)   Information on Wessler et al., 2008 Authors: Hartmut Wessler, Bernhard Peters, Michael Brüggemann, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw, Stefanie Sifft Research question/research interest: Comparison of the transnationalization of public spheres in six countries Object of analysis: National quality newspaper, popular press, regional papers Timeframe of analysis: 1982–2013 Variable name/definition: Institutional references   Information on Hepp et al., 2016 Authors: Andreas Hepp, Monika Elsler, Swantje Lingenberg, Anne Mollen, Johanna Möller, Anke Offerhaus Research question/research interest: Comparison of the transnationalization of public spheres in six countries Object of analysis: National quality newspaper, popular press, regional papers Timeframe of analysis: 1982–2013   Information about variable Variable name/definition: Institutional references “What international institutions were mentioned in the article? Institutions were coded, but concepts were not; for example the euro is not an institution. If the reference occurred in the header or the first paragraph of the article, it was coded as a primary institutional reference. Up to three primary institutional references could be coded per article. All international institutions that were mentioned in an article but had not already been coded as primary institutional references were coded as secondary institutional refences. Up to five secondary institutional references could be coded per article.” (Wessler et al., 2008, p. 212) 01 European Union in general (EU) 02 European Commission 03 European Council 04 Council of the European Union 05 European Parliament 06 European Court of Justice 07 European Central Bank 08 other EU institutions 09 EU Intergovernmental Conference 10 EU Convention 11 NATO 12 OECD 13 GATT/WTO 14 UN 15 UN Security Council 16 UN World Conference 17 Bretton Wood Institutions (World Bank, IMF) 18 Commonwealth 19 West European Union (WEU) 20 CSCE/OSCE (Conference/Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) 21 European Court of Human Rights 22 EFTA 23 EEC 25 Warsaw Pact 997 Other institutions – please specify! 998 Unclear 999 Not applicable Level of analysis: Article Scale level: Nominal          Reliability: Kappa 0.79   References Wessler, H., Peters, B., Brüggemann, M., Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., Sifft, S. (2008). Transnationalization of Public Spheres. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Hepp, A., Elsler, M., Lingenberg, S., Mollen, A., Möller, J., Offerhaus, A. (2016). The Communicative Construction of Europe. Cultures of Political Discourse, Public Sphere and the Euro Crisis. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

scholarly journals Speakers (European/Global Public Sphere)

10.34778/2zk ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Lichtenstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Research Question ◽  
News Story ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Priority Rules ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Quality ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Eu

In research on the transnationalization of the public sphere, speakers are coded in claim analysis (Adam, 2007; Koopmans & Statham, 2010) and in research on European identity (Lichtenstein & Eilders, 2015, 2019). Speakers are politicians, societal actors or journalists who are given voice in a news story. In claim analyses, a speaker directs, for instance, a thematic demand or decision towards another actor. In research on European identity, speakers address an EU frame in a news story. The variable “speaker” provides a broad categorization of the first or most important speaker in an article. He or she is more precisely classified using further variables which target the actors’ degree of organization, his or her country of origin and his or her more detailed function within the EU or other international institutions.   Field of application/theoretical foundation: In research on the transnationalization of the public sphere, speakers are coded to measure interactions between countries (horizontal transnationalization) and to analyze the extent to which EU actors get a voice in the coverage of national media outlets (vertical transnationalization). They are also coded to analyze to which extent civil society actors are heard compared to politicians. The share of EU and international speakers differs between countries, media outlets, and policy fields. In research on European identity the variable additionally enables to differentiate between the kinds of speakers who are given a voice in the collective construction of European identity.   References/combination with other methods of data collection: Content analyses that examine the claims of speakers in transnational public spheres has been combined with interview studies with journalists, politicians, and interest groups (Koopmans & Statham, 2010).   Example study: Koopmans & Statham (2010)   Information on Koopmans & Statham, 2010 Authors: Ruud Koopmans, Paul Statham Research question/research interest: Analysis of the visibility of the EU level in the transnational public sphere, the inclusiveness of public demands, and public contestation regarding EU decision making Object of analysis: National quality newspaper, popular press, regional papers from seven countries Timeframe of analysis: 1990–2002   Information about variable Variable name/definition: speakers “If a claim has more than one actor (e.g., a coalition), the following priority rules apply: 1) actors mentioned in the article as 'leaders', 'organizers', 'spokespersons', etc. have priority, unless, of course, they do not make any claims; 2) organizations, institutions or representatives thereof (e.g., 'National Organization of Peasants') have priority over unorganized collectivities or individuals (e.g., 'peasants', 'farmer X'); 3) active actors or speakers have priority over passive audiences/rank-and-file participants (e.g., if a party representative addresses a crowd at a peace rally, the party representative has priority). If there are several actors or no actor at all who have priority according to these three criteria, the order in which they are mentioned in the article decides (with, again, the main headline as the start of the article). If of one physical actor two functions are mentioned, the highest level capacity in terms of the scope variable (see below) is coded. E.g., if the article says “Portuguese prime minister and current Chair of the EU Presidency Guttierez” would be code as “EU presidency” even if Portuguese prime minister would be mentioned first. However, the precondition would be that the EU presidency function is really mentioned in the article - that you know that the Portuguese prime minister is present Chair of the Council is not decisive, it should be explicitly mentioned. (…) Only if two capacities are at the same scope level the rule is that the first mentioned is coded.” (Koopmans, 2002, p. 24; https://europub.wzb.eu/Data/Codebooks%20questionnaires/D2-1-claims-codebook.pdf) Level of analysis: Claim Scale level: Nominal Reliability: 84%   References Koopmans, R. & Statham, P. (2010) (Eds.). The Making of a European Public Sphere. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

scholarly journals The Public Sphere in the Field of Power

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Social Foundations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The Public Sphere

In this article I ask (1) whether the ways in which the early bourgeois public sphere was structured—precisely by exclusion—are instructive for considering its later development, (2) how a consideration of the social foundations of public life calls into question abstract formulations of it as an escape from social determination into a realm of discursive reason, (3) to what extent “counterpublics” may offer useful accommodations to failures of larger public spheres without necessarily becoming completely attractive alternatives, and (4) to what extent considering the organization of the public sphere as a field might prove helpful in analyzing differentiated publics, rather than thinking of them simply as parallel but each based on discrete conditions. These considerations are informed by an account of the way that the public sphere developed as a concrete ideal and an object of struggle in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain.

scholarly journals Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkon Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Archival Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of ALM organizations within a Nordic model of the public sphere. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper discussing the role of archives, libraries and museums in light of a societal model of the Nordic public sphere. Throughout the discussions, the author draw on empirical and theoretical research from sociology, political science, media studies, cultural policy studies, archival science, museology, and library and information science to help advance our understanding of these organizations in a wider societal context. Findings The paper shows that ALM organizations play an important role for the infrastructure of a civil public sphere. Seen as a cluster, these organizations are providers of information that can be employed in deliberative activities in mediated public spheres, as well as training arenas for citizens to use prior to entering such spheres. Furthermore, ALM organizations are themselves public spheres, as they can serve specific communities and help create and maintain identities, and solidarities, all of which are important parts of a civil public sphere. Research limitations/implications Future research should investigate whether these roles are an important part of ALM organizations contribution to public spheres in other regions of the world. Originality/value Through introducing a theoretical model developed within sociology and connecting it to ongoing research in archival science, museology, and library and information science, the author connects the societal role of archives, libraries, and museums to broader discussions within the social sciences.

Battles of Ideas Between the Legal and the Legitimate

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-161
Author(s):  
Paula Castro ◽  
Sonia Brondi ◽  
Alberta Contarello
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

This chapter discusses how social psychology can offer theoretical contributions for a better understanding of the relations between the institutional and public spheres and how this may impact change in ecological matters. First, it introduces the difference between natural and agreed—or chosen—limits to human action and draws on Sophocles’s Antigone to illustrate this and discuss how legitimacy has roots in the many heterogeneous values of the public sphere/consensual universe, while legality arises from the institutional/reified sphere. Recalling some empirical research in the area of social studies of sustainability, it then shows how a social representations perspective can help us understand the dynamic and interdependent relations between the institutional or reified sphere and the consensual or common sense universe—and their implications for social change and continuity.

scholarly journals Blogging the 2009 Queensland State Election

2012 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Megan Kimber
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deliberative Discussion ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Political Blog

The internet has become important in political communication in Australia. Using Habermas's ideal types, it is argued that political blogs can be viewed as public spheres that might provide scope for the expansion of deliberative democratic discussion. This hypothesis is explored through analysis of the group political blog Pineapple Party Time. It is evident that the bloggers and those who commented on their posts were highly knowledgeable about and interested in politics. From an examination of these posts and the comments on them, Pineapple Party Time did act as a public sphere to some degree, and did provide for the deliberative discussion essential for a democracy, but it was largely restricted to Crikey readers. For a deliberative public sphere and democratic discussion to function to any extent, the public sphere must be open to all citizens, who need to have the access and knowledge to engage in deliberative discussion.

The Transnationalization of Public Spheres and Global Policy

2019 ◽  
pp. 239-256
Author(s):  
Ingrid Volkmer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Container Model

The globalized spheres of digital communication require a substantial revision of conventional conceptions of ‘the public sphere’. This article lays out the core strands of such a new debate by identifying the limitations of traditional public sphere approaches which are caused by the boundedness of the foci on the national ‘container’ model associated with the European nation state. Instead of limiting publicness to national boundaries, new approaches are required to understand the new discursive spheres of connectivity of citizens across all society types, today enabled by digital communication. Such an approach is necessary to map out the new dimension of public discourse. The article concludes with the suggestion of a model of publicness understood as ‘reflective interdependence’ connecting citizens across societies.

scholarly journals THE PUBLIC SPHERE AS THE EDUCATION OF MULTICULTURALISM AWARENESS

EDUTECH ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Yusar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

Abstract. This article was endeavor to describe the  awareness multicultural education in the Chinese Lampion Festival in Kota Bandung since 2011 to 2013. The research was held with the longitudinal, qualitative, and adopt to the action research methods. The evidence was describe that the public sphere was success to build the communicative action between the native ethnics and the Chinese. By the public sphere, each ethnics perceived their cultural differences and appreciate as an equality.  By this public sphere, the multiculturalism awareness was formed succesfully and reduce the ethnical stereotype between the native ethnics and the Chinese.  This article conclude that the awareness multicultural education may be doing by creating the public spheres. Keywords:   public sphere, education, multiculturalism Abstrak. Artikel ini menggambarkan pendidikan kesadaran multikulturalisme  melalui perayaan Cap Go Meh.  Etnis-etnis tempatan yang mengklaim sebagai pribumi memiliki stereotipe etnis yang kuat terhadap etnis Tionghoa. Penelitian telah dilakukan dengan paradigma kualitatif yang bersifat longitudinal mengadopsi pada metode action research. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ruang publik yang dibangun antara etnis tempatan dengan etnis Tionghoa memunculkan tindakan komunikatif antar etnis.  Melalui penciptaan ruang publik tersebut, kesadaran akan keberagaman muncul dari masing-masing etnis dan memadang bahwa budaya masing-masing berdiri setara dan muncul penghargaan atas masing-masing kebudayaan. Pemahaman multikulturalisme terbangun karena ruang publik yang diciptakan. Bagian penutup dijelaskan bahwa pendidikan kesadaran multikultur dapat ditempuh melalui penciptaan ruang-ruang publik. Kata kunci:  ruang  publik, pendidikan, multikulturalisme

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