Comunicación en red y mutaciones de la esfera pública

Abstract

The special characteristics of the digital medium act as a powerful determinant on the appearance of a communicative system, giving rise to a communications media and public that are clearly differentiated from the traditional ones. There is a qualitative and quantitative increase in pluralism, thanks especially to the development of different interactive tools and systems of publication that give shape to an active public, one which can act as receiver and emitter of information, thus clearly counterposed to the traditional spectator, reader or listener of the mass media. This article analyses the media framework that is taking shape following the appearance and development of the different digital communication systems in recent decades, characterised by a new model of communication and even a new composition of the public sphere.