Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vi
4. Introduction: how is democracy? 1
5. 1 Spaces of representation: where is the public? 9
6. 2 The production of communicative spaces: formations of the public 33
7. 3 Media, communication and legitimacy: representing the public sphere 54
8. 4 Technologies of citizenship: assembling media publics 81
9. 5 The public use of legal reasoning: the First Amendment as communications policy 108
10. 6 Deficits of communication: practising democracy in European Union media policy 142
11. 7 Media, development and democratisation: mediated citizenship in South Africa 169
12. Conclusion: culture and democracy 196
13. Bibliography 202
14. Index 220