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

Globalization and the public sphere:

Exploring the space of community media in Sydney

1. Nick Couldry

1. Tanja Dreher
   1. Goldsmiths College, University of London; University of Technology, Sydney

Source

doi: 10.1177/1742766507074360 Global Media and Communication April 2007 vol. 3 no. 1 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). 

Keywords

• Assyrian diaspora
• Australia
• community media
• counter-public sphere
• Indigenous public sphere
• Koori Radio
• public sphere
• Sydney