What is the theory? Habermas believed democracy depended on the public and came up with the theory of the public sphere which is where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems and form a public opinion.

Evidence from CSP’s? The i newspaper is politically liberal/centrist. This means it slightly favours left but is still mostly unbiased compared to other uk newspapers as centrism is a political outlook that involves acceptance or support of social equality. The editor, Oliver Duff has articles which mostly focus on global issues or straightforward unbiased political news. For example an article: We can find opportunities for common ground in adversity by supporting businesses safely after lockdown.

Interpretation: This applies to Habermas and the public sphere, because it focuses on delivering unbiased news, therefore the public can come together and form their own opinion without being persuaded into having a different political view. Another way in which the public sphere is represented in the i is that there is no set target audience which is more inclusive of the whole public instead of focusing on one group of people.