A networked public: formal and relational approaches to the public sphere
ISSN: 0368-492X
Article publication date: 18 November 2020
Issue publication date: 4 May 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for conceptualizing the public sphere through the tools of network analysis.
Design/methodology/approach
To do so, this paper combines comparative historical analysis of the early modern expansion of the public sphere with a review of relevant literature and logical exposition.
Findings
The paper develops several hypotheses about the potential of the approach and areas that may require advances in methodology and additional theoretical development.
Originality/value
The paper encourages the development and use of formal approaches for the analysis and conceptualization of the public sphere.
Keywords
Citation
Erikson, E.A. (2021), "A networked public: formal and relational approaches to the public sphere", Kybernetes, Vol. 50 No. 4, pp. 919-928. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-05-2020-0323
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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