Global communication and transnational public spheres

• Main Author: Crack, Angela M.
• Corporate Author: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.
• Subjects: International cooperation.; Communication, International.; Telecommunication > Social aspects.; Information technology > Social aspects.; COMPUTERS > Information Technology.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary; An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-228) and index.
• ISBN: 9780230610552; 0230610552

Information and communication technologies (ICT) enable citizens to communicate across state borders with greater ease than ever before, exciting much speculation about the emergence of transnational public spheres. This highly original work introduces this debate to International Relations, by investigating the socio-political implications of ICT in a global governance framework. Classic Habermasian theory is radically reconstructed to take account of contemporary trends in state sovereignty and global civil society. It is argued that if access is not widened and free speech not sufficiently protected, the early promise of ICT as a liberating force will be neutralized.