08.08.2023Special Issue of "Communication Theory"

The Special Issue of "Communication Theory" with the title "Reconceptualizing public sphere(s) in the digital age? On the role and future of public sphere theory" has been published: https://academic.oup.com/ct/issue/33/2-3.
This special issue, led by guest editors Mark Eisenegger and Mike S. Schäfer and featuring ten excellent contributions, aims to assess the role and future of public sphere(s) theory in digital societies: if, and where, are concepts of the public sphere(s) still useful and needed, which criticisms are (still) valid, which not, which new ones might be necessary, and which concepts need to be developed or elaborated to respond meaningfully to the digital transformation?