Public connection repertoires and communicative figurations of publics: conceptualizing individuals’ contribution to public spheres

IF 4.7 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-21 DOI:10.1093/ct/qtad005

Uwe Hasebrink, Lisa Merten, Julia Behre

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Abstract

As public sphere(s) have been ascribed core functions for democratic societies, correlating theories have a long tradition in communications research. Yet they often fail to bridge the conceptual gap between the macro level of public sphere(s) and the micro level of individual citizens. In this article, we propose a conceptual approach that helps to describe and explain the contribution of individuals to the construction of publics. Following Elias’ figurational approach, we propose a framework for the analysis of different kinds of publics as communicative figurations. To capture individuals’ contribution to these publics, we introduce the concept of public connection repertoires which represent individuals’ structured patterns of connection to different publics. This results in the figurational analysis of publics, based on the public repertoires of all individuals who connect to that public. We discuss implications of this approach for theoretical work on public spheres in changing media environments.

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公共关系剧目和公众的交际形象：概念化个人对公共领域的贡献

由于公共领域被赋予了民主社会的核心功能，相关理论在传播学研究中有着悠久的传统。然而，它们往往无法弥合公共领域宏观层面和公民个人微观层面之间的概念差距。在这篇文章中，我们提出了一种概念方法，有助于描述和解释个人对公共建设的贡献。根据埃利亚斯的形象方法，我们提出了一个框架来分析作为交际形象的不同类型的公众。为了捕捉个人对这些公众的贡献，我们引入了公共连接库的概念，它代表了个人与不同公众的结构化连接模式。这导致了对公众的形象分析，基于所有与公众有联系的个人的公共剧目。我们讨论了这种方法对媒体环境变化中公共领域理论工作的影响。

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Communication Theory COMMUNICATION-

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9.00

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2.70%

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