From Propaganda to "OEFFENTLICHKEIT" in Eastern Europe. Four Models of Public Space under State Socialism
From Propaganda to "OEFFENTLICHKEIT" in Eastern Europe. Four Models of Public Space under State Socialism

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, my intention is to elaborate different models ofthe public sphere under state socialism. These models concern four historical types of public spheres: 1. the totalitarian propaganda state 2. "tolerant repression" 3. the "double" public sphere 4. the post-communist public sphere. The central term of this argument is that of the public sphere. On the one hand, I would define the public sphere from a formal point of view as a system of institutionalized channels of social communications.

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