ICT's and public sphere / Abd Rasid Abd Rahman

• Main Author: Abd Rahman, Abd Rasid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Media and Information Warfare Studies 2009
• Subjects: Broadcasting; Journalism. The periodical press, etc. Press; Computer network resources.Including the Internet; Freedom of the press; Broadcast journalism; Online journalism
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26191/1/26191.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26191/

The development of the public sphere is important in order for ‘citizens’ to be able to participate fully in the democratic process. As pointed out by Dahlgren (1991:2), the concept of the public sphere can be regarded as a normative reference point and as a ‘visible indicator of our admittedly impe...