What Constitutes a Local Public Sphere? Building a Monitoring Framework for Comparative Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorFischer, Renate
dc.contributor.authorKeinert, Alexa
dc.contributor.authorJarren, Otfried
dc.contributor.authorKlinger, Ulrike
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-30T14:18:51Z
dc.date.available2023-08-30T14:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractDespite the research tradition in analyzing public communication, local public spheres have been rather neglected by communication science, although they are crucial for social cohesion and democracy. Existing empirical studies about local public spheres are mostly case studies which implicitly assume that cities are alike. Based on a participatory-liberal understanding of democracy, we develop a theoretical framework, from which we derive a monitor covering structural, social, and spatial aspects of local communication to empirically compare local public spheres along four dimensions: (1) information, (2) participation, (3) inclusion, and (4) diversity. In a pilot study, we then apply our monitor to four German cities that are comparable in size and regional function (‘regiopolises’). The monitoring framework is built on local statistical data, some of which was provided by the cities, while some came from our own research. We show that the social structures and the normative assessment of the quality of local public spheres can vary among similar cities and between the four dimensions. We hope the innovative monitor prototype enables scholars and local actors to compare local public spheres across spaces, places, and time, and to investigate the impact of social change and digitalization on local public spheres.
dc.identifier.citationFischer, R., Keinert, A., Jarren, O., & Klinger, U. (2021). What Constitutes a Local Public Sphere? Building a Monitoring Framework for Comparative Analysis. Media and Communication, 9(3), 85–96. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.3984
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i3.3984
dc.identifier.eissn2183-2439
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/221
dc.identifier.zdb2739592-3
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.issupplementedbyhttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/824
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcomparative research
dc.subjectlocal communication
dc.subjectlocal public spheres
dc.subjectparticipation and inclusion
dc.subject.ddc070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus & Verlagswesen
dc.titleWhat Constitutes a Local Public Sphere? Building a Monitoring Framework for Comparative Analysis
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleMedia and Communication
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend96
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart85
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume9
local.researchgroupNachrichten, Kampagnen und die Rationalität öffentlicher Diskurse
local.researchtopicDemokratie – Partizipation – Öffentlichkeit
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