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Conceptual Modelling of the Public Sphere in Public Libraries

Widdersheim, Michael Majewski; Koizumi, Masanori

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Title
Conceptual Modelling of the Public Sphere in Public Libraries
Author(s)
  • Widdersheim, Michael Majewski
  • Koizumi, Masanori
Issue Date
2015-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • communication studies
  • history
  • theory and philosophy of information
  • qualitative research methods
Date of Ingest
2015-03-24T16:07:13Z
Abstract
Public libraries have been associated with a Habermasian public sphere, but articulations between public libraries and the public sphere remain undefined. To make fuller sense of the public sphere as it relates to public libraries, we used qualitative content analysis as a research methodology to study 12 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh annual reports from 1900 to 2010. We identified 6 dimensions of the public sphere in public libraries: Core Criteria, Internal Public Sphere, External Public Sphere, Collect and Organize Discourse, Perform Legitimation Processes, and Facilitate Discourse. Using the dimensions we found, we developed a model to explain how public libraries function as instruments of the public sphere.
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iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2015 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
English
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