Abstract
This paper comprehensively investigates the communication landscape in the era of social media; and analyzes the public sphere as a shared space of framing and the power competition in it. Unequal capital distribution undermines the ideal public sphere’s growth. In this online landscape, the public sphere has shifted from fragmented to scattered, intensifying elite stratification. New online news citizens emerge, gaining audiences. Network news citizens with large bases sway ordinary audiences, forming “discursive communities”. These “discursive communities” show traits like “decentralization”, “temporality”, “fickleness”, and “negotiability”, aggregating digitally for negotiation and defense. Their boundaries are ambiguous, breaking communication hierarchy, weakening mainstream media and traditional elites, even fostering populism. Legal action and intellectual growth are barriers against chaotic power collusion and transfer. Accordingly, this paper explores the dynamic public participation patterns，new challenges, and proposes the digital public sphere potentials.
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Qi Zhang, Nanjing University, China
Yuhong Li, Nanjing University, China
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Conference: PCAH2024
Stream: Media
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Zhang Q., & Li Y. (2024) Discursive Connection: The Constructive Potential of the Digital Public Sphere ISSN: 2758-0970 The Paris Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 1-12) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0970.2024.1
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2758-0970.2024.1
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