Reclaiming the Public Sphere: Communication, Power and Social Change

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Voiceblind: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Neoliberal State....Pages 15-25
Researching and Developing Cybercultur@: Emerging Local Knowledge Communities in Latin America....Pages 26-46
Advocacy Communication for and about Women....Pages 47-63
The Public Sphere and the Dialectics of Globalization....Pages 64-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
What Is an Intellectual, Anyway?....Pages 81-85
What I Think about When I Think about Being an Intellectual....Pages 86-98
Round-table Discussion Led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen: The Flattening of the Public Sphere and the Loss of Respect for Knowledge....Pages 99-107
Interview with Måns Adler: The Democratization of Live Streaming Tools....Pages 108-115
Beyond Polemical Practice: A Tribute to Henry Gireoux....Pages 116-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India....Pages 137-150
Participation in the Internet Era....Pages 151-166
Communication in Social Movements: A New Perspective on Human Rights....Pages 167-183
Citizen Engagement through SMS? Audiences ‘Talking Back’ to a Reality TV Edutainment Initiative in Tanzania....Pages 184-200
Accessing the Public Sphere in Africa through a Slum Radio Project....Pages 201-218
Afterword....Pages 219-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-231