{"product_id":"9780745639581","title":"The Global Public Sphere : Public Communication in the Age of Reflective Interdependence","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context. However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global public sphere is more complex. In this brilliant and provocative book, Ingrid Volkmer argues that a reflective approach of globalization is required in order to identify and deconstruct key strata of deliberate public discourse in supra- and subnational societal formations. This construction helps to understand the new processes of legitimacy at the beginning of the 21st century in which the traditional conception of a ‘public’ and its role as a legitimizing force are being challenged and transformed. The book unfolds this key phenomenon of global deliberate interconnectedness as a discursive and negotiated dimension within ‘reflective’ globalization, i.e. continuously constituting, maintaining and refining the ‘life’ of the global public and conceptualizes a global public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering insightful case studies to illustrate this new theory of the global public sphere, the book will be essential reading for students and scholars of media and communication studies , and social and political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WILEY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047347470576,"sku":"9780745639581","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780745639581_p0.jpg?v=1763631054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780745639581","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}