Projects / Programmes
Mass media, the public sphere and social changes
January 1, 2004
- December 31, 2008
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.06.00 |
Social sciences |
Political science |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S265 |
Social sciences |
Press and communication sciences |
information, communication, mass media, press, popular culture, public sphere, rhetoric, democracy, human rights, media discourse, internet
Researchers (20)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Program aktualizira vprašanje pomena in značaja množičnih medijev, ki delujejo kot "narrator, advocate and weathercock" (Bryce) in s tem oblikujejo človekove življenjske stile ter skupaj z drugimi asociacijami oblikujejo individualna mnenja in javno mnenje ter dosegajo politične učinke. Tehnični razvoj oz. razvoj komunikacijske tehnologije ne spodbuja samoumevno polnega, demokratičnega razvoja komuniciranja kot človekove generične sposobnosti in potrebe, ampak lahko to človekovo sposobnost in potrebo tudi zlorablja oz. zvaja na sredstvo za doseganje zunanjih smotrov. Specifični komunikacijski temelji demokracije so posebej poudarjeni v sodobnem razumevanju deliberativne in asociativne demokracije (v nasprotju s klasičnima konceptualizacijama reprezentativne in participativne demokracije). Posvetovanje in povezovanje sta prvovrstna komunikacijska pojava. Eno bistvenih vprašanj pri tem je, ali je "konverzacija duša demokracije" (Schudson). Kompleksnost sodobnega sveta negira možnost, da bi bil interaktivni dialog (edini) komunikacijski temelj demokracije. V komunikacijski perspektivi bi demokracijo prej lahko razumeli kot "mnogogovor" konkurenčnih, dopolnjujočih in prekrivajočih se procesov in sporočil, ki nastajajo in potekajo na različnih ravneh, pomagajo posameznikom oblikovati, uveljavljati in končno dosegati življenjske načrte ter - v najširšem smislu - zadevajo kakovost individualnega in skupnega življenja.
Significance for science
The rise of new media and new sources of mediated information and images is posing questions about the new contents, communication practices and institutions in the communicative space and public sphere, and the nature of (new) systems of media representation. Technology-induced tendencies towards the demise of a homogenized public sphere are drawing attention to the danger of fragmentation of the public sphere, which would be substituted by a plurality of specialized (“partial”) publics, which would communicate only internally and not among themselves. This could endanger the idea of a common cultural and national entity that results from collective public attention to common mass media. Members of the programme team organized a number of international scientific meetings and conferences to present their own findings, and actively contributed to many international conferences elsewhere, and to scientific monographs and journals. They participated in three European-wide projects (1) Young people, the internet and civic participation (6th Framework Programme), (2) The impact of the internet on mass media in Europe (COST Action 20) in (3) Political communication cultures in Western Europe (ESF Eurocores programme).
Significance for the country
The basic research area of the programme team is the transformation of the nature of social communication processes in the post-modern era, and specifically in the Slovene society, with the emphasis on social, political, economic, and cultural conditions and implications of these processes. Research into communication processes in the formation and evolution (or fall) of the public sphere, accounting for the development of mass media, journalism and alternative strategies of public (re)presentation, is of crucial importance to understanding complex, contemporary media(ted) societies and social changes, in general. By focusing on processes of thematic framing of expression, reproduction and problematizing of status hierarchies as means of media representation, and the interconnectedness of these representations with political links between elites and media, members of the team contributed to the development of undergraduate and graduate communication and media studies, informed debates on media issues in Slovenia related to theoretical findings and external experiences, and to o broader social reflection on communication processes and practices, and (new) media. In addition to many publications in English, they published a number of scientific books and articles in Slovene, to contribute to the development of communication culture in Slovenia.
Most important scientific results
Final report,
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Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Final report,
complete report on dLib.si
