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The Politics of Communication Controlling: On a Conceptual Infrastructure for the Management of Publics

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Infrastructuring Publics

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Debating the relationships of infrastructures and publics has been en vogue for some time. In his classic work The Public and its Problems, John Dewey describes infrastructures as relevant entities in processes of the formation of publics (Dewey 1927). Throughout the last century, Dewey’s work had a remarkable influence within theoretical discussions on publics, inspiring diverse approaches and serving multifaceted intellectual interests. For example, Jürgen Habermas’ normative approach to the public sphere (Habermas 1989) was influenced by Dewey’s search for the public as a great community.

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Schölzel, H. (2019). The Politics of Communication Controlling: On a Conceptual Infrastructure for the Management of Publics. In: Korn, M., Reißmann, W., Röhl, T., Sittler, D. (eds) Infrastructuring Publics. Medien der Kooperation. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20725-0_12

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