‘ a good starting point for rethinking the democratic role of the media

‘habermas argues that the development of early modern capitalism brought into being an autonomus arena for public debate’

‘the media fesilitates this process by providing an area fro public debate

‘created a new public engaged in critical political thinking’

‘the emergence of an independent, market-based press’

”bourgeois public sphere’ a public space between public domain and they state’

quotes from the book:

‘without advertisement income, the free press could not compete with their commercial rivals’

‘money wins but audience size and audience share determine content’