251 KB56 KB199420242005Brüggemann, Michaelletnik:12številka:2str. 57-73ISSN:1318-3222COBISSID:24238173URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-4W3J1TQIenEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturoJavnost (Ljubljana)authoritydemocracydemokracijaEuropeEuropean UnionEvropaEvropska unijainformacijeinformacijska politikainformiranjejavna sferajavnostoblastodnosi z javnostmipoliticspolitikaHow the EU constructs the european public sphere| seven strategies of information policy|If there is no such thing as a European Public Sphere (EPS), why don.t we construct one? The answer seems to be obvious: There is no way one could construct a public sphere top-down since it depends on the active participation of speakers, the media and audience. In a democratic society they are free to deliberate with whom and about what they want. This article does not challenge the Habermasian notion of a public sphere evolving from thefree discourse of the citizens. Nevertheless, the evolution of a public sphere is also structured by incentives and constraints imposed from above. The European Union structures the EPS as a polity as well as through its policies and politics. While it is true that different policies such as media policy and all cultural policies matter for the public sphere, this paper concentrates on the Commission's information policy as it constitutes the most direct link between the institution and the EPS. Seven different strategies of information policy will be presented which vary in their potential of creating or suppressing the evolution of a democratic public sphere. The extremes are marked by propaganda and arcane policy on the one hand and dialogue and transparency on the other hand. While the Commission pursued arcane policies for a long time, its approach to information has changed during the last decade. A change of paradigm might be under way but the legacy of European policy without Öffentlichkeit constraints all attempts at pursuing more democratic information policies aimed at strengthening the public sphereČlanek ne oporeka Habermasovi ideji javnosti, ki se oblikuje v javnem razpravljanju državljanov. Vendar pa je razvoj javnosti strukturiran tudi s spodbudami in omejitvami od zgoraj. Evropska unija strukturira evropsko javno sfero kot oblastna struktura in s svojimi politikami. Članke obravnava predvsem informacijsko politiko evropske komisije. Predstavljenih je sedem strategij informacijske politike, ki se razlikujejo glede na sposobnost ustvariti ali zadušiti razvoj demokratične javne sfere. Skrajnosti sta določeni na eni strani s propagando in politiko tajnosti, na drugi strani pa z dialogom in transparentnostjo. Komisija je dolgo časa vztrajala pri politiki tajnosti, v zadnjem desetletju pa se je njen pristop k informacijski politiki spremenil. Kljub temu pa dediščina evropske politike brez javnosti omejuje prizadevanja za bolj demokratične informacijske politike, ki bi okrepile javno sferoTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM