131 KB38 KB199420242009Gripsrud, Josteinštevilka:1letnik:16str. 5-16ISSN:1318-3222COBISSID:28343133URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-HH7N40HAenEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturoJavnost (Ljubljana)communicationdemocracydemokracijadigitalne komunikacijeinternet (računalniško omrežje)javna sferajavni sektorkomuniciranjepublic sectorsociologija komunikacijDigitising the public sphere| two key issues|The discussion on how democracy is aff ected by the introduction and functioning of digital media and the Internet has been going on for at least two decades. Starting from the perspective of democratic theory and specifi cally theories of the public sphere, this article tries to outline two key issues and what the current status of knowledge and debates on these appears to be. Referring to and drawing on all the other contributions to this issue of Javnost-The Public, the theoretical as well as the empirical, it is argued that while there is no doubt digitisation of the public sphere adds new dimensions and new forms of iscourse, the implications of these for the overall quality or health of democracy are still quite diff erently understood by scholars working in these issues. Consequently, further theoretical work is required, but, perhaps even more important, a variety of empirical studiesRazprava o tem, kako uvedba in delovanje digitalnih medijev in interneta vplivata na demokracijo, poteka že dve desetletji. Izhajajoč iz perspektive demokratične teorije in posebej teorije javne sfere članek oriše dosežena spoznanja in razprave o dveh ključnih zadevah - participaciji in strukturi. Upoštevaje teoretične in empirične prispevke v tej številki Javnosti-The Public avtor meni, da sicer digitalizacija javna sfere nedvomno prinaša nove razsežnosti in oblike diskurza, vendar pa je njihov prispevek k splošni kakovosti ali zdravju demokracije različen v očeh različnih avtorjev. Potrebno je torej nadaljnje teoretsko delo in morda predvsem več empiričnih raziskavTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM