Essay On Public Sphere

Formation of public sphere along Technological advancement:

According to Denis McQuail the concept of public sphere historically in 18th century was came in to being with the democratic politics where active members of society, which was basically elite ruling class of that time, developed a debate for the policies of government and policies formation. Their very purpose was to keep a sharp check and balance and improvements of political decisions through public opinion. This public sphere owed much of establishing economic freedom, individualism and capital class. The role of media, with the emergence of new media which is internet, has widened the scope of public sphere regarding citizen participation, online debates, interconnectivity as improvement in direct relations with ownership and political elites, getting a platform to raise voice, making your opinion public, providing feedback, it enlarges the space of citizens critical analysis, extension in freedom of expression and diversity of opinions, a market place for free flow of ideas, debate and discussions on government policies and national politics. Here people can also put a question mark and challenge government policies and government has to answer those queries.

Profile of any society is always patronized by technological advancement or technological growth, as technology is an unbiased and liberated factor of a society.

A public sphere is basically a zone or market place of ideas where views are shared on a certain topic. Bourgeois class has changed the concept of public sphere as a whole, now that place can be a coffee shop, a salon, a restaurant or any other place of social interaction.

The role of Transnational or multinational corporations and this bourgeois cl...

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...the eating culture the food cultural identities are diverting into fast food culture. It has introduced American taste of fast food among all the young generation of different parts of world. Media globalization has played a vital role in their emergence and establishment. It has basically “Americanized” food culture and traditions of many nations where they are running their franchise. It is a big cause and source of introducing and planting American norms, values and mores into other societies. Willingness of having McDonald’s meal is penetrated very deep inside youth. It vanish the trends of traditional hotels, dishes and art restaurants based upon cultural themes by setting people’s mind towards highly popular and widely accepted fast food. Basically it is a replica of Americans eating orders and fast food trends and an alternate to traditional food and eating.