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Depopulating the Political Sidelines
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- Title: Depopulating the Political Sidelines: CBC News Online Forum and Public Spheres in Canada
- Author(s): Jumoke Giwa
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Communication and Media Studies
- Journal Title: The Journal of Communication and Media Studies
- Keywords: CBC, Online Forums, Public Spheres, Canada Elections, Public Broadcasting, Civic Engagement, Citizenship, Nationalism, Social Justice, Human Rights, Digital Divide, Digital Inequality
- Volume: 1
- Issue: 1
- Date: January 22, 2016
- ISSN: 2470-9247 (Print)
- ISSN: 2470-9255 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v01i01/1-9
- Citation: Giwa, Jumoke. 2016. "Depopulating the Political Sidelines: CBC News Online Forum and Public Spheres in Canada." The Journal of Communication and Media Studies 1 (1): 1-9. doi:10.18848/2470-9247/CGP/v01i01/1-9.
- Extent: 9 pages
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Abstract
This paper explores comments made by participants on CBC News’ online politics forum during the May 2011 federal election in Canada. Based on Jürgen Habermas’ concept of the public sphere as operationalized by Lincoln Dahlberg in his pioneering study of the Minnesota e-Democracy listserv. This research explores the potential for CBC News’ online forum to foster a public sphere for Canadians. While examining the CBC forum against the criteria of the public sphere, I also interrogate Habermas’ concept of a universal public sphere using the works of Nancy Fraser and other scholars who argue for multiple public spheres.
