Democracy, the Internet, and Capitalism: A Reply to Elisabeth Korn and Jens Schröter

Abstract

This paper is a reply to Elisabeth Korn and Jens Schröter’s essay “On a Potential Paradox of Public Service Media” which is part of tripleC’s special issue “Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis”. My reflections focus on the notion of filtering, the relationship between broadcasting and the Internet; the relationship of media, technology, and society; and questions of (digital) democracy. On the one hand, there is a number of points where I agree with Korn and Schröter. On the other hand, their reflections also raised questions that I point out and that are not answered in their paper.

Keywords

• democracy
• capitalism
• internet
• jürgen habermas
• public service media and public service internet manifesto