KAOS GL MAGAZINE'S ROLE IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE LGBTI PUBLIC SPHERE IN TURKEY
KAOS GL MAGAZINE'S ROLE IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE LGBTI PUBLIC SPHERE IN TURKEY

Author(s): İdil Engindeniz
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Media studies, Geography, Regional studies, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Kaos GL; media; magazine; Turkey; LGBTI; public sphere;
Summary/Abstract: Jürgen Habermas’ work entitled “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society” has brought the concept of “public sphere” to an important place in social science debates, since its publication in German in 1962, but especially in 1989 when it was translated into English. Since then Habermas has been criticized by feminist readings and counter-public sphere approaches, and Habermas himself has made several changes in his approach over time. In France in 2010, Professor on sciences of information and communication, Bernard Miège’s “L’espace public contemporain. Approche infocommunicationnelle” (Contemporary public sphere, informationalcommunicative approach) also introduced a new approach and proceeded through the concept of “societal public sphere”. The challenge is to show how the concept of public sphere, which is used in the field of political science, can also be useful in terms of communication sciences, as well as allowing us to evaluate different public spheres which can include not only rational discussion, but also personal narratives.

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