1、中文 3050 字 ， 1900 单词， 10000 英文字符 出处： Gaber I. Is there still a crisis in public communication (if there ever was one)? The UK experienceJ. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 2016, 17(5). 原文 ： Is there still a crisis in public communication (if there ever was one)? The UK experience Ivor Gaber
2、Abstract This article takes a considered look at the debates surrounding the notion of the crisis in political communications as it applies, in particular, to the United Kingdom. The article begins by seeking to make the Habermasian notion of the public sphere relevant to contemporary political comm
3、unications in the United Kingdom. It then goes on to detail the evolution of the argument that there is a crisis, by tracing it, mainly but not exclusively, through the works of Jay Blumler and his collaborators. It places these arguments within the context of the changes in the relations between po
4、liticians and the media as set out by both scholars and through the authors reflections on his own professional practice. The article suggests that despite what some have described as a deterioration in the political communications system, the dramatic changes that have been, and are, taking place i
5、n the increasingly digital public sphere, an argument can be sustained that we are moving into a period when, because the public (or its online component) have greater access to political information and debate, the crisis, if it ever existed in the first place, is passing and we are now moving towa
6、rds an enhanced and healthier digital public sphere. Keywords： Digital revolution, political communications, politicians and media, public sphere, social media, spin and democratic debate Introduction: The public sphere reconsidered Any discussion about a crisis in political or public communications must, either implicitly or explicitly, take as a starting point Jrgen Habermas (1989) notion of the public sphere, subsequently revised and amended by Habermas and others (e.g.
