Name: Reclaiming the Public Sphere
ISBN: 978-1-137-39875-8

Editors:

Tina Askanius⁰,
Liv Stubbe Østergaard¹

Tina Askanius
1. Lund University, Sweden
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Liv Stubbe Østergaard
1. Roskilde University, Denmark
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change (PSCSC)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

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Introduction
1. Introduction
  
  Tina Askanius, Liv Stubbe Østergaard
  
  Pages 1-12
Theorising Communication for Social Change and the Transformation of Public Spheres
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 13-13
  
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2. Voiceblind: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Neoliberal State
  
  Nick Couldry
  
  Pages 15-25
3. Researching and Developing Cybercultur@: Emerging Local Knowledge Communities in Latin America
  
  Jorge A. Gonzalez
  
  Pages 26-46
4. Advocacy Communication for and about Women
  
  Karin Gwinn Wilkins
  
  Pages 47-63
5. The Public Sphere and the Dialectics of Globalization
  
  Thomas Hylland Eriksen
  
  Pages 64-78
Contemporary Drivers of Social Change: Art, Technology and Public Pedagogy
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 79-79
  
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2. What Is an Intellectual, Anyway?
  
  Ingrid Elam
  
  Pages 81-85
3. What I Think about When I Think about Being an Intellectual
  
  Carsten Jensen
  
  Pages 86-98
4. Round-table Discussion Led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen: The Flattening of the Public Sphere and the Loss of Respect for Knowledge
  
  Oscar Hemer
  
  Pages 99-107
5. Interview with Måns Adler: The Democratization of Live Streaming Tools
  
  Liv Stubbe Østergaard
  
  Pages 108-115
6. Beyond Polemical Practice: A Tribute to Henry Gireoux
  
  Geetanjali Sachdev
  
  Pages 116-134
Practitioners and Practices: New Communication for Social Change Perspectives and Initiatives
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 135-135
  
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2. Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India
  
  Jyothsna Latha Belliappa
  
  Pages 137-150
3. Participation in the Internet Era
  
  Rikke Frank Jørgensen
  
  Pages 151-166
4. Communication in Social Movements: A New Perspective on Human Rights
  
  Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo
  
  Pages 167-183
5. Citizen Engagement through SMS? Audiences ‘Talking Back’ to a Reality TV Edutainment Initiative in Tanzania
  
  Ylva Ekström, Linda Helgesson Sekei
  
  Pages 184-200
6. Accessing the Public Sphere in Africa through a Slum Radio Project
  
  Nicky Morrison, Martin Davies
  
  Pages 201-218
7. Afterword
  
  Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte
  
  Pages 219-223

About this book

This volume brings together a range of different specialists in the arts and cultural industries, as well as international academics and public intellectuals, to explore how media and communication practices for social change are currently being reconfigured in both conceptual and rhetorical terms.

Keywords

Communication for development
social change
public spheres
participation
social media
public intellectual
empowerment
social movements
human rights
communication rights
community media
edutainment
advocacy communication
women's rights
communication
democratization
gender
globalization
Internet
media
Nation
radio
rhetoric
SMS
transformation

Editors and Affiliations

Lund University, Sweden

Tina Askanius
Roskilde University, Denmark

Liv Stubbe Østergaard

About the editors

Ma?ns Adler, Founder of Bambuser, Sweden Jyothsna Latha Belliappa, Azim Premji University, India Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, UK Martin Davies, Broadcast and Media Specialist, UK Ingrid Elam, Gothenburg University, Sweden Ylva Ekström, Uppsala University, Sweden Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway Jorge A. González, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Carsten Jensen, Writer and Critic, Denmark Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark Nicky Morrison, University of Cambridge, UK Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo, Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil Geetanjali Sachdev, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India Linda Helgesson Sekei, Development Pioneer Consultants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Karin Gwinn Wilkins, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Reclaiming the Public Sphere
Book Subtitle: Communication, Power and Social Change
Editors: Tina Askanius, Liv Stubbe Østergaard
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137398758
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39874-1
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48556-7
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39875-8
Series ISSN: 2634-6397
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6400
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 231
Topics: Social Media, Media and Communication, Social Theory, Sociology, Social Policy

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Theorising Communication for Social Change and the Transformation of Public Spheres

Front Matter

Contemporary Drivers of Social Change: Art, Technology and Public Pedagogy

Front Matter

Practitioners and Practices: New Communication for Social Change Perspectives and Initiatives

Front Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Lund University, Sweden

Roskilde University, Denmark

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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