Thursday 17 September 2009

Lesson 2 - The Public Sphere

Jurgen Habermas was born in Germany in 1929 an went to the Frankfurt school, they were a group of philosophers linked with the institute of Social research in Frankfurt from the 1920s.
His idea was to create discussions between people and for them to come together and share ideas.
We have been given an essay and a title that we have to update including Web 2.0 and how it fits in with what Jurgen Habermas was trying to achieve. People can now come together through web 2.0 to talk about anything and to share ideas and opinions which is the most recent and modern take on 'The Public Sphere'.

'Do the Internet and Web 2.0 have the potential to be a more idealised version of Habermas' Public Sphere?'

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