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Tracking the Civic Subject in the Media Landscape: Versions of the Democratic Ideal

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Research on media and democracy mobilizes a range of conceptual versions of the subject. This is often done implicitly, or out of habit, with a specific model becoming established in any given research tradition. This presentation argues that different theories of the subject can have different implications for our understanding of citizenship and democracy. The text surveys a number of versions, deriving from a large and heterogeneous literature, and organizes them under the themes of rationalism, reflexivity, transparency, and contingency. No one version is offered as the ultimate one, since all have something to offer and at the same time have their limitations. However, it is suggested that greater awareness should be put on how we conceptualize the civic subject in our research, no least in regard to issues having to do with affect, the limits of reflexivity and self-transparency, the role of the unconscious, and the importance of contingency.

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

71-88

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Television & New Media

Volym

14

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Media and Communications

Nyckelord

  • civic subject
  • theories of subject
  • theories of self
  • media
  • democracy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1527-4764