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The Rise of Public Sphere in Coffees

 

 


Before the eighteenth century where monarch was a prominent ruling structure in most societies, mass media did not have power among the people. The core reason of mass media’s weak stance relies its pillars to the fact that there was no room for debate because power was possessed either by the king or the aristocrats. However, as bourgeoisie acquired a voice and the ability to debate between themselves the public sphere started to change. In this essay, shall analyze how public sphere was subjected to change and emerge with the rise of mass media, and I will argue that mass media pave the way for the bourgeoisie to read different ideas from newspapers at cafes where they can debate and consequently public sphere become something more than just the king’s power show.

Public sphere’s place in society is reinforced with the rise of competitive mass media sharing variety of ideas disrupting monopoly and bestowing the bourgeoisie the self-awareness. The public sphere stands as a sphere that is open to the community, to be precise, public sphere is a sphere in which the individuals of a society have a voice in political debates. Public sphere wasn’t quite prominent before the eighteen centuries, because majority of people did not get a voice in political matters. Public sphere was vastly regarded as a king’s or aristocrat’s rostrum to demonstrate the power or the authority they possessed. Private sphere on the other hand were granted to matters that are not worthy of opening to public. Eighteen-century’s mass media pave the way for drastic changes in both spheres. The increased coffee’s gave birth to more diverse awareness. Coffee’s to attract customers had newspaper on their tables which were shared by many bourgeoises. Coffee’s newspaper policy formed a sort of community that has more knowledge regarding political issues. Also, it destroyed the monopoly of the king and the aristocrats because people reading and debating together and cultivating different ideas on different subjects altered the public sphere. People acquired power that helped them be engaged in the political matters which beget the public sphere to emerge.
        In conclusion, the separation of church, state, public sphere, private sphere changed the way society was structured in eighteen centuries. People realized the possible different approaches to different matters. As an example, capitalism rose with the emerge of public sphere and mass media. The monopoly of the state was overpowered by the crowded bourgeoisie that acquired its power through mass media.  This destruction of monopoly paved the way for public matters to be approached by society and this ultimately gave birth to public sphere. 

 

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