The Past, Present, and Future of Public Sphere Studies: Contributions to the Discipline and Beyond

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

Public sphere studies enjoys an ongoing vitality within our discipline. This scholarship both draws upon and enriches work done in rhetoric, argumentation, body theory, and media studies, among others. Public sphere scholarship is not easily categorized, but instead represents an array of critical perspectives and social theories. This panel examines the past, present, and future contributions that public sphere studies offers the wider discipline.

Sub Unit

• Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

Respondent

• Melissa D. Deem, Univ of New Hampshire

• Valeria Fabj, Lynn University

• Matthew J. Sobnosky, Hofstra University

• Michele Lee Hammers, Loyola Marymount Univ

• Daniel C. Brouwer, Arizona State University

Session Organizer

• Michele Lee Hammers, Loyola Marymount Univ