Habermas came up with the theory of the public sphere. He says that there is communication between dominance and the public through the public sphere, using the Media.

Plurality is essential to make people aware and keep communicating

Democracy is essential for other people to have opinions and to have a better world overall. This helps to make sure we live in a fair and understood world.

Around the 1900’s all of the companies were bought

Habermas believes that democracy depends on a public which is informed aware and debates on the issues of the day

‘Habermas argues that the development of early modern capitalism brought into being an autonomous arena of debate’

‘A good starting point for re-thinking the democratic role of the media is provided by the seminal study of Habermas’

‘Fundamental presumption that the media do serve the ‘public interest”

‘public service broadcast organisations tend to be unduly influenced by the political class’

‘public service broadcasting does not necessarily correspond to reality’

Regulation – free market? or state control?

The government creates laws to make sure that people don’t print bad or hurtful things or lie. But then the state are controlling the media.