Reclaiming the Public Sphere

1. Introduction
Tina Askanius, Liv Stubbe Østergaard

Part I. Theorising Communication for Social Change and the Transformation of Public Spheres

2. Voiceblind: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Neoliberal State
Nick Couldry

3. Researching and Developing Cybercultur@: Emerging Local Knowledge Communities in Latin America
Jorge A. Gonzalez

4. Advocacy Communication for and about Women
Karin Gwinn Wilkins

5. The Public Sphere and the Dialectics of Globalization
Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Part II. Contemporary Drivers of Social Change: Art, Technology and Public Pedagogy

6. What Is an Intellectual, Anyway?
Ingrid Elam

7. What I Think about When I Think about Being an Intellectual
Carsten Jensen

8. Round-table Discussion Led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen: The Flattening of the Public Sphere and the Loss of Respect for Knowledge
Oscar Hemer

9. Interview with MÃ¥ns Adler: The Democratization of Live Streaming Tools
Liv Stubbe Østergaard

10. Beyond Polemical Practice: A Tribute to Henry Gireoux
Geetanjali Sachdev

Part III. Practitioners and Practices: New Communication for Social Change Perspectives and Initiatives

11. Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India
Jyothsna Latha Belliappa

12. Participation in the Internet Era
Rikke Frank Jørgensen

13. Communication in Social Movements: A New Perspective on Human Rights
Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo

14. Citizen Engagement through SMS? Audiences ‘Talking Back’ to a Reality TV Edutainment Initiative in Tanzania
Ylva Ekström, Linda Helgesson Sekei

15. Accessing the Public Sphere in Africa through a Slum Radio Project
Nicky Morrison, Martin Davies

16. Afterword
Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Social Media, Media and Communication, Media Studies, Social Theory, Sociology, general, Social Policy