Reclaiming the public sphere : communication, power and social change / Tina Askanius, University of Lund, Sweden ; Liv Østergaard, Roskilde University, Denmark [editors].

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Palgrave studies in communication for social change.
Other Authors: Askinius, Tina (Editor)
Østergaard, Liv (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Palgrave studies in communication for social change.
Subjects:
Social participation.
Political participation.
Mass media.
Social media.
Social change.
Telecommunication.
Physical Description:xii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theorising communication for change and the transformation of public spheres. Voiceblind: beyond the paradoxes of the neoliberal state / Nick Couldry
  • Researching and developing cybercultur@: emerging local knowledge communities in Latin America / Jorges A. Gonzalez
  • Advocacy communication for and about women / Karin Gwinn Wilkins
  • The public sphere and the dialectics of globalization / Thomas Hyllanderiksen
  • Contemporary actors of social change: art, technology and public pedagogy. What is an intellectual, anyway? / Ingrid Elam
  • What I think about when I think about being an intellectual / Carsten Jensen
  • Round-table discussion / led by Thomas Hyllanderiksen, moderated by Oscar Hemer: The flattening of the public sphere and the loss of respect for knowledge
  • Interview with Måns Adler / by Liv Østergaard: The democratization of live streaming tools
  • Practitioners and practices: new communication for social change perspectives and initiatives. Beyond polemical practice: a tribute to Henry Gireoux / Geetanjali Sachdev
  • Public discourses on gender, modernity, and assaults on women in India / Jyothsna Belliappa
  • Participation in the Internet era / Rikke Frank Jørgensen
  • Communication in social movements: a new perspective on human right / Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo
  • Citizen engagement through sms audiences talking back to a reality tv edutainment initiative in Tanzania / Ylvaek Ström and Linda Helgesson
  • Accessing the public sphere in Africa through a slum radio project / Nicky Morrison and Martin Davies
  • Afterword / Oscar Hemer and Thomas Tufte.