Hi Arab bloggers, HABERMAS. This is great to read and reflect on

On June 20, 2006, Jürgen Habermas delivered a speech in Dresden to the International Communication Association (ICA). The title was: ”Political communication in media society – Does democracy still enjoy an epistemic dimension? The impact of normative theory on empirical research”.Topics:1) Empirical references of normative theories of democracy2) The truth tracking potential of political deliberation3) The structure of mass-communication and the formation of considered public opinions4) The power structure of the public sphere and the dynamics of mass-communication5) Pathologies of political communicationRead the speech online here:www.icahdq.org/Speech_by_Habermas.pdfAnd his presentations here:www.icahdq.org/Habermas_presentation.pdf