TOWARDS A PORTABLE PUBLIC SPHERE: HOW TECHNOLOGY CREATED A DISCURSIVE SPACE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1968

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dc.contributor.advisorKelly, T. Mills
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Misha Mazzini
dc.creatorGriffith, Misha Mazzini
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-21T19:17:24Z
dc.date.available2018-10-21T19:17:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the efforts to use communication technology to create a public sphere in two very different circumstances. The first instance was in socialist Czechoslovakia in January of 1968, when a group of reformers were given the leadership of an authoritarian government in an economic crisis. They instituted such reforms as freedom of expression to re-engage the population and revitalize the economy. The second instance was in August of that same year when a foreign military intervention stopped the government’s reform agenda. In both situations, broadcast and consumer technology played crucial roles by engaging citizen participation in politics and the public space.
dc.format.extent271 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/11173
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2017 Misha Mazzini Griffith
dc.subjectModern history
dc.subjectMass communication
dc.subjectEuropean history
dc.subject1968
dc.subjectBroadcast technology
dc.subjectCzechoslovakia
dc.subjectDemocratization of Technology
dc.subjectHistory of Technology
dc.subjectPublic Sphere
dc.titleTOWARDS A PORTABLE PUBLIC SPHERE: HOW TECHNOLOGY CREATED A DISCURSIVE SPACE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1968
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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