The Internet and Generalized Functions of the Public Sphere: Transformative Potentials From a Comparative Perspective

Almost since the advent of the Internet, there has been great interest in analyzing and understanding online communication from the perspective of public sphere theory. The question of whether the properties of the Internet and, specifically, social media actually contribute to the public sphere is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adrian Rauchfleisch, Marko Kovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-04-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116646393