Habermas's Public Sphere deals with the concept of sharing and
communicating ideas and information in a critical manner to create an opinion.
Although Habermas's concept is rather limiting with it generally relating to a
physical location and focusing on the higher strata’s of society
(Habermas:1989). The most obvious example of the Public Sphere in relation to
Globalisation is Facebook and other social media sites. However, as evident by
my blogs focus I believe film and video have their place.
YouTube, a massive video sharing website, is the crossroads
between film and social media. People can upload videos of things they like or
post blogs to espouse their beliefs. Although these are just newer forms
of communication they are sometimes more limited then direct physical contact.
In particular, Facebook generally depends on ‘Friending’ the person before they
are able to communicate ideological concepts. Whereas YouTube and Film can
communicate a direct message to the viewer with out a restriction except the
choice to view.
Films can inform, educate and create an emotional connection to a
person or event. For example the Facebook focused ‘Social Network’ portrayed a
semi-factual history of its creation but allowed user to see the reality of the
commonly used media site.
Films can show historical events that are major turning points
throughout cultural history.
‘Milk’ portrays the gay rights movement in the USA
‘Invictus’ shows the 1994 Rugby World Cup that literally united
South Africa after years of civil unrest
Habermas,
J. (1989) The structural Transformation
of the Public Sphere. Cambridge: Polity Press.
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