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When debates break apart: discursive polarization as a multi-dimensional divergence emerging in and through communication 当辩论破裂时：话语两极分化是一种在交流中和通过交流出现的多维分歧
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad012
M. Brüggemann, Hendrik Meyer
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Editorial: Reconceptualizing public sphere(s) in the digital age? On the role and future of public sphere theory 社论:在数字时代重新定义公共领域?论公共领域理论的作用与未来
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad011
Mark Eisenegger, Mike S. Schäfer
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引用次数: 1
Social cohesion in platformized public spheres: toward a conceptual framework 平台化公共领域的社会凝聚力:走向概念框架
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad002
Pascal Schneiders, Daniel Stegmann, Birgit Stark
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Public connection repertoires and communicative figurations of publics: conceptualizing individuals’ contribution to public spheres 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
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-21 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad005
Uwe Hasebrink, Lisa Merten, Julia Behre
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引用次数: 0
Democracy in the digital public sphere: disruptive or self-corrective? 数字公共领域的民主:破坏性还是自我纠正?
1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad009
Hans-Jörg Trenz
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Operationalizing distribution as a key concept for public sphere theory. A call for ethnographic sensibility of different social worlds 可操作性分配是公共领域理论的一个重要概念。呼唤对不同社会世界的民族志敏感性
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad008
Hallvard Moe
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The public sphere as a dynamic network 公共领域是一个动态的网络
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad003
Thomas N. Friemel, C. Neuberger
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Recentering power: conceptualizing counterpublics and defensive publics 重新进入权力:反公众和防御性公众的概念化
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad004
Sarah J. Jackson, Daniel Kreiss
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引用次数: 1
Artificial intelligence and the public arena 人工智能与公共领域
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad006
Andreas Jungherr, Ralph Schroeder
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引用次数: 2
From “the” public sphere to a network of publics: towards an empirically founded model of contemporary public communication spaces 从“公共领域”到“公共网络”:走向当代公共交流空间的实证模型
IF 3.7 1区 文学
Communication Theory Pub Date : 2023-06-16 DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad007
A. Bruns
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引用次数: 1
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