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{"title":"The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere","authors":"Luciano H. Elizalde, Arturo Fitz Herbert","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2248186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2248186","url":null,"abstract":"One of the first rank authors to define the centrality of public communication for politics and society was J€ urgen Habermas. His discussion with Niklas Luhmann in the 80s and 90s of the 20th century placed communication as a central category within the social sciences. Although there were authors who had been working on communication, mass media, and cultural industry (Lazarsfeld, Lasswell, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Morin, Moles, to name a few), the philosophical weight of the discussion imposed by Habermas was decisive in elevating communication from being a minor category within the social sciences. His earliest book on the subject is: Strukturwandel der € Offentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der b€ urgerlichen Gesellschaft. It was published in German in 1962, and in English in 1989, under the title The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Although Habermas began his academic career in 1956 as an assistant to Theodor Adorno at the University of Frankfurt, the book we are reviewing is Habermas’ habilitation thesis, defended in 1961 at the University of Marburg, under the supervision of Wolfgang Abendroth, a jurist and political scientist of great recognition at the time, whom Habermas explicitly acknowledges. In this study, Habermas sought to understand the structural transformation of the public sphere (an aspect considered in the Catalan edition’s translation) and the principle of publicity from a Hegelian-Marxist perspective, while also taking into account the liberal point of view introduced in the works of Kant, Stuart Mill, and Tocqueville. When delving into the concept of ‘bourgeois publicity’, one encounters a Habermas who is much more liberal than his social context might allow at that time. Especially considering his position within the group of members of the Frankfurt School’s Institute for Social Research, as a research assistant to Theodor Adorno. Interestingly, contrary to what many may think, this first work shows a more evident Kantian influence rather than a Marxist one. Habermas defines the concepts of public opinion and the public sphere under the influence of Kantian ideas of rationality and publicity. Habermas has already begun working on his fundamental work, which many years later will become his theory of communicative action. Under the influence of Kantian and Hegelian-Marxist categories, Habermas cannot explain how to achieve a critical public sphere that remains beyond the reach of the systematic domination of the market and the bureaucratic-absolutist state.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"103 1","pages":"325 - 329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sacred Cyberspaces. Catholicism, New Media, and the Religious Experience","authors":"Juan Narbona","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2237072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2237072","url":null,"abstract":"Each historical period presents a different challenge for religions. Among other conditioning factors, our time is profoundly marked by the mediation of our human relationships (and also relationship with the divine) through digital technologies. With this premise, Golan and Martini have written Sacred Cyberspaces, a book in which they analyze how digital communications are modifying the perceived authority and legitimacy of religions, especially Catholicism. The focus on this denomination is due to the challenges that it has been facing in recent decades. For the authors, the Catholic Church is trying to react to a crisis of identity and popularity caused by secularism and modernity, as well as by the emergence of relevant competitors (especially in Latin America). In doing so, after overcoming the reticence of some groups, it is using digital media in order to make itself relevant again. Scholars are interested in analyzing how that use is changing the status quo of influence and authority within the institution. This study is a further contribution to an area of study on religious communication called Digital Religion, dedicated to analyzing how digital tools and languages are shaping the religious human experience. In this case, Golan and Martini are focusing on how a specific Christian denomination, where tradition and hierarchy carry so much weight, is changing its attitude towards digital technologies and how their use is altering the balances of trust, power and relevance with regard to the faithful. The authors recount how, in 2014, they saw at a Christian religious ceremony in the Holy Land a priest broadcasting it from his phone for his community in Mexico. ‘Throughout the conversation, likes and hearts were popping up on his screen’ (4), they remember. This double liturgical presence, physical and virtual, so to speak, suggested to the authors the question about how the digital realm is changing the Catholic spiritual experience. What authority does the broadcaster have? What perception do the spectators have of the sacred place? What is the religious experience of the celebration like? How does it interfere with the audience present? Are the new forms of religious participation a game-changer in terms of socio-religious activity, or does the internet merely reproduce existing structures, theologies, and modes of devotee interaction? The book takes this question to areas as varied as official websites, Instagram, YouTube and apps.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"84 1","pages":"330 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision","authors":"J. Pujol","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2166546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2166546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"132 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45569911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Woke culture and the history of America: From colonisation to depersonalisation","authors":"Sonsoles Madrid Gil","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2174890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2174890","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The recent racial attacks that took the lives of several African-Americans in the USA have unleashed a whole social movement in defence of the rights of minorities who face discrimination. What began as a plea in favour of the black population has become a convulsive current throughout America, seeking to cleanse its history by disassociating it from its founding sins, which include slavery, but above all, colonization as a whole. This amalgam of revisionist and vindictive currents has awakened a new culture. The Woke movement has initiated the battle for the narrative: they cancel any tendency contrary to their principles, silence freedom of expression and tear down any statue that represents any symbol of oppression or authority, Christopher Columbus at the head. These are the premises of post-modern society: wounded by the culture of victimisation, it promotes ideological tribalism that destroys the truth. We are witnessing a phenomenon that seeks to deconstruct history, resignify the present and depersonalise the future. The black legend resurfaces with new force and America runs the risk of blurring its identity traits. Listening to the voices of experts is essential in order to interpret the shadows of a legacy in the light of truth, which shows us the deep richness of a common culture.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"18 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47300404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Church communication highlights 2022","authors":"D. Contreras","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2182801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2182801","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The year 2022 will be remembered for the outbreak of war in Ukraine, a conflict that shattered the incipient optimism caused by the gradual disappearance of the Covid pandemic. Alongside the succession of news about the war and the Pope’s appeals for peace, the media echoed other important events in the life of the Church. In these pages we offer a selection of the most significant ones. Obviously, this is a choice based on the author’s criteria, which include the persistence of the news throughout the year.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"6 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46257235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Overcoming cultural barriers resulting from religious diversity","authors":"María Fernández de Casadevante","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2170898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2170898","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is no doubt that lack of a common language is the main obstacle to communication between people from different backgrounds. However, the cultural aspect also plays a very important role, since even two people with a common language may not understand each other in certain situations, that is, when extra-linguistic factors intervene. We hypothesize that religion and religious beliefs and customs are part of one’s culture and may also pose communication barriers and lead to misinterpretation by society and more specifically by the public services that receive these people. To confirm our hypothesis, we intend to analyse the case of Germany, a society in which, statistically, Catholics and Muslims make up the two largest demographic groups, in order to find out whether the differences between the followers of these religions could lead to misunderstandings. In conclusion, we recommend intervention by properly trained linguistic-cultural mediators in order to avoid these barriers, and suggest for this purpose the implementation of Service-learning activities at the university level to foster translation and mediation competence among these future professionals.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"104 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43454723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Le rapport Sauvé, une manipulation? [The Sauvé Report: A Manipulation?]","authors":"Michael J. Mazza","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2166859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2166859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"128 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49100519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Benedict XVI: A communicative style in dialogue with culture","authors":"Nicolás Massmann","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2183226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2183226","url":null,"abstract":"A few months after the resignation of Benedict XVI, a prestigious German cardinal and theologian wrote that this pontiff did not fit into any scheme (Kasper 2013, 490). With this he sought to underline something of the mystery of his person, but also the impossibility of interpreting and classifying him within the typical categories. However, this difficulty does not prevent us from glimpsing as a common thread of his pontificate some features with relatively clear outlines. One of them is to have elaborated a style of communicating the faith capable of reaching the heart and understanding of today’s man, while at the same time, presenting a message with sufficient intellectual credentials to enter into direct dialogue with contemporary culture. Understanding this communicative style implies first of all recognizing the fact that Benedict XVI never resigned from being a theologian. And it is precisely there, in his theological vision, that this style sinks its deepest roots. To be more precise, in the meaning that Ratzinger granted to the word as both the means chosen by God to communicate himself to man (revelation) and the most eminent mode of human communication (Benedict XVI 2008a). A word that, in order to be effective, must appeal to the moral conscience as well as to discursive reason and the affections of the heart. Benedict XVI trusted from the beginning of his pontificate in the silent power of the word (T€ uck 2013, 12), being aware that the echoes and fruits of it can come quite some time later. Although usually it did not take long to notice the positive effects. Good testimony to this positive effect includes the early fascination with which his speeches were received, the growing attendance at his catechetical sessions, the sales of his books and the spiritual nourishment many found in his homilies. This new style of discreet and sober communication definitely offers a certain novelty. Benedict XVI is clear that communicating does not consist only in transmitting wellarticulated ideas, following the rules of rhetoric or attending to the science of communication. This is where his theological vision comes into play once again: to communicate is to enter into communion (Scheffczyk 1966, 19). To communicate effectively, it is necessary to enter into the logic of personal encounter and to respect the dialogical dimension of the word. For Benedict XVI the communication of his message always meant a continuous communication of himself through his words, as Archbishop Gil Tamayo said in an interview (Latorre de Silva 2023). For only from love and friendship is authentic communication possible:","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"1 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45987217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Gray Lady Winked: How The New York Times’s Misreporting, Distortions, and Fabrications Radically Alter History","authors":"J. Langan","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2023.2166857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2166857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"125 - 127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41723483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Information challenges of the Second Vatican Council and the development of the institutional communication of the Holy See","authors":"José M. Díaz-Dorronsoro","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2022.2159467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2022.2159467","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract From the point of view of institutional communication, the Second Vatican Council can be considered the most significant media event of the 20th century organized by an institution. This was so because of its duration, impact on millions of people, and the media interest it generated. For the Catholic Church, the management of the official information of this Assembly was an undertaking of enormous proportions, involving complex challenges. This article provides an overview of how the Vatican II information services dealt with such challenges.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"8 1","pages":"84 - 103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47972584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}