Globalization and the public sphere: the space of community media in Sydney

Authors

Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Tanja Dreher, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

35317

Publication Details

Couldry, N. & Dreher, T. 2007, 'Globalization and the public sphere: the space of community media in Sydney', Global Media and Communication, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 79-100.

Abstract

Recent accounts of Habermas's conception of the public sphere concern the interlocking of multiple networks and spaces. In a global context new interfaces between existing (counter-) public spheres can lead to multiple counter-publics. This article explores this phenomenon through the examination of the communicative spaces that offer alternatives to Australia's mainstream public sphere from three different strands of Sydney's community media: diasporic media (Assyrian Radio SBS), Indigenous media (Koori Radio) and discursive sites that operate in between ethnic and mainstream media (Forum for Australia's Islamic Relations).