Reports & Papers Jan 1, 2003

Dialectical Spaces in the Global Public Sphere: Media Memories across Generations.

Focus Areas

Civic Information, Journalism, Media Business Models, Media Creation, Media Standards & Practices, Policy & Impact

Ingrid Volkmer, spring 2002 fellow, argues that the spread of international news channels has created “imagined communities,” which affect political alliances, conventional journalism and – increasingly – national public spheres. This paper discusses new issues of globalization and focuses on the impact of media-related globalization processes on “life-worlds” in various countries.

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