Reclaiming the Public Sphere

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction; Tina Askanius and Liv Østergaard PART I: THEORISING COMMUNICATION FOR CHANGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPHERES 1. Voiceblind: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Neoliberal State; Nick Couldry 2. Researching and Developing Cybercultur@: Emerging Local Knowledge Communities in Latin America; Jorges A. Gonzalez 3. Advocacy Communication for and about Women; Karin Gwinn Wilkins 4. The Public Sphere and the Dialectics of Globalization; Thomas Hylland Eriksen PART II: CONTEMPORARY ACTORS OF SOCIAL CHANGE: ART, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC PEDAGOGY 5. What is an Intellectual, Anyway?; Ingrid Elam 6. What I Think About when I Think About Being an Intellectual; Carsten Jensen Round-table Discussion led by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, moderated by Oscar Hemer: The Flattening of the Public Sphere and the Loss of Respect for Knowledge 7. Interview with Måns Adler by Liv Østergaard: The Democratization of Live Streaming Tools 8. Beyond Polemical Practice: A Tribute to Henry Gireoux; Geetanjali Sachdev PART III: PRACTITIONERS AND PRACTICES: NEW COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE PERSPECTIVES AND INITIATIVES 9. Public Discourses on Gender, Modernity, and Assaults on Women in India; Jyothsna Belliappa 10. Participation in the Internet Era; Rikke Frank Jørgensen 11. Communication in Social Movements: A New Perspective on Human Right; Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo 12. Citizen Engagement Through SMS? Audiences 'Talking Back' to a Reality TV Edutainment Initiative in Tanzania; Ylva Ekström and Linda Helgesson 13. Accessing the Public Sphere in Africa Through a Slum Radio Project; Nicky Morrison and Martin Davies Afterword: Addressing The Challenges of the Present Continous; Oscar Hemer and Thomas Tufte