Reflections and Hypotheses on a Further Structural Transformation of the Political Public Sphere

Habermas, Jürgen

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“…Likewise, in the field of social and political sciences, scholars have talked about how global commercial online technologies may constitute a new structural transformation of how our public spheres are shaped (Seeliger & Sevignani, 2022); what role private social media platforms may play in creating social silos (Habermas, 2022), or in appropriating citizens’ participation in socio-political deliberations for profit (Staab & Thiel, 2022). Others have argued that such capacities may be employed to foster ‘deliberative e-rulemaking’, that is, ‘the development of [a] law-making environment online which enables and facilitates public participation’ (Deligiaouri & Suiter, 2020, p. 4).…”

Section: Platform Governance and Public Deliberationmentioning

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The role of citizens in platform governance: A case study on public consultations regarding online content regulation in the European Union

Papaevangelou¹

2023

Global Media and China

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This article proposes to start considering the role that citizens play in platform governance as a way of critically reflecting on issues of inclusivity in and effectiveness of current decision-making processes. This article attempts to apply the above suggestion by studying citizens’ discourse in recent European efforts to regulate online content. It does so by employing an experimental methodology, namely, a computationally assisted Critical Discourse Analysis on textual data derived from citizens’ contributions to the European Commission’s Public Consultations on three crucial regulatory texts: the Code of Practice on Disinformation, the Recommendation on Tackling Illegal Content Online and the Digital Services Act. The present analysis suggests that the EU’s strategy to advance participatory governance through public consultations seems to ignore citizens’ qualitative input and, thus, the feedback received can be severely limited. Concluding, the article maintains that scholarship should adopt a more encompassing scope when studying platform governance, especially concerning citizen and user participation, beyond the traditional frame of participation through civil society representation, while critically scrutinising existing ostensibly participatory structures.

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Section: Platform Governance and Public Deliberationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of citizens in platform governance: A case study on public consultations regarding online content regulation in the European Union

Papaevangelou¹

2023

Global Media and China

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“…In essence, Habermas reproduces the criticism of the development of filter bubbles and echo chambers as an effect of algorithmic dispersion. He acknowledges that a socio-economic analysis would be of great benefit but has not attempted to elaborate one himself (Habermas, 2022).…”

Section: The Political Theory Of the Public Sphere In Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He acknowledges that a socio-economic analysis would be of great benefit but has not attempted to elaborate one himself (Habermas, 2022).…”

Section: The Political Theory Of the Public Sphere In Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Media and the Digital Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

Staab¹,

Thiel

2022

Theory, Culture & Society

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This article explores the question of how to understand social media following the Habermasian theory of the structural transformation of the public sphere. We argue for a return to political-economic fundamentals as the basis for analysing the public sphere and seek to establish a characteristic connection between digital-behavioural control and singularised audiences in the context of proprietary markets. In the digital constellation, it is less a matter of immobilising the citizen as a consumer but rather of their political activation – albeit in conditions under which commercial interests have primacy: privatisation without privatism.

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“…The public sphere is based on the assumption of its independence from the state and the market, rather than as a forum for debate and democratic control (Habermas, 2022). Looking at the reception of the issue of public inspection in the organizational identity of the Union, it is a closed project.…”

Section: The Importance Of the Discourse Of European Identity In The ...mentioning

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UE Organizational Identity. From the Motto Veritate Concordia to Neo-bureaucratic Management

Dziedzic

2022

Journal of Intercultural Management

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Objective: The concept of organizational identity appears mainly in the context of a symbolic-interpretive view of an organization’s functioning in its many dimensions. This article aims to analyze to what extent previous knowledge about the existence of an EU organizational identity is a distinct category in the context of neo-bureaucratic management. It seems particularly interesting to draw attention to the identity context in organizations operating under intercultural management conditions. Their character and disposition may be more complex than in the case of homogeneous organizations. For this reason, the European Union is asking itself questions about its identity in the context of cultural unification and policy issues, and management solutions related to the institution’s functioning at many levels. Therefore, it seems interesting to draw attention to these issues in light of the different contexts of influence. One is the neo-bureaucratic view of the EU institutions’ governance dimensions, which should be regarded as complex organizational identities. They are subject to the modern influence of management visions and benefit from intercultural management processes’ achievements. The EU’s supranational structure, influenced by bureaucratic organizational arrangements, speaking the language of diplomacy, and setting policy for the Member States, constitute a unique organizational identity globally, which is worth verifying through the prism of neo-bureaucratic influences and cultural conditions of European identity. Methodology: The article is based on a critical analysis of literature dealing with the sense of European Union organizational identity. Provided a theoretical background on orgzniataional identity in neo-bureaucratic management on a European level. Findings: In its institutional dimension, the European Union faces the dilemma regarding its own identity due to diplomatic disputes over cultivating indigenous cultures and diversity. It is, therefore, a rare phenomenon on the world stage of supranational institutions. Its procedural nature and purpose are also important to harmonize the Member States’ various policies. It is already possible to outline its unique organizational identity. However, it cannot be transferred to territorial and social land, as Europe cannot be a hybrid of cultures or unify its perspective in the face of historical pasts and ethnic representations. Value Added: Critical discourse on the theory of bureaucratic management and organizational identity. Presentation of the role of European Union identity in management process and giving the organization common values that solidify its form. Recommendations: Neo-bureaucratic management is an interesting phenomena to explore in cross-cultural discourses. There are several directions for analysis: forms of modern bureaucracy based on practices drawn from the experience of corporations; abuse of the power of supranational organisations; network management in international organizations.

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Reflections and Hypotheses on a Further Structural Transformation of the Political Public Sphere

Cited by 115 publications

References 17 publications

The role of citizens in platform governance: A case study on public consultations regarding online content regulation in the European Union

The role of citizens in platform governance: A case study on public consultations regarding online content regulation in the European Union

Social Media and the Digital Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

UE Organizational Identity. From the Motto Veritate Concordia to Neo-bureaucratic Management

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