Habermas' theory of public sphere and democracy are intertwined with each other
In his theory of public sphere, Jürgen Habermas is most concerned about the political public sphere since it plays an important part in his model of deliberative democracy. Habermas's theory of public sphere is likely to be misinterpreted if one doesn't simultaneously pay attention to his theory of democracy. Habermas argues that the empirical content of a constitutional democracy is dependent on the normative values underpinning it. Therefore, he is not a big fan of the binary of the empirical and the normative in his theory of democracy. Habermas gives a key role to the political public sphere, which finds its institutionalization in the traditional news media ecosystem of print, radio and television, in the "deliberative" part of his model of deliberative democracy. Consequently he does not look too favorably at the changes introduced by digital media and especially social media, which has led to the democratization of authorship of …
In his theory of public sphere, Jürgen Habermas is most concerned about the political public sphere since it plays an important part in his model of deliberative democracy. Habermas's theory of public sphere is likely to be misinterpreted if one doesn't simultaneously pay attention to his theory of democracy. Habermas argues that the empirical content of a constitutional democracy is dependent on the normative values underpinning it. Therefore, he is not a big fan of the binary of the empirical and the normative in his theory of democracy. Habermas gives a key role to the political public sphere, which finds its institutionalization in the traditional news media ecosystem of print, radio and television, in the "deliberative" part of his model of deliberative democracy. Consequently he does not look too favorably at the changes introduced by digital media and especially social media, which has led to the democratization of authorship of opinion.