The instantaneous temporality of the public sphere: An observation of communicative practices in digital media

Emerson Palmieri

doi:10.34024/csr.2025.61.3.19523

Autores

Emerson Palmieri Universidade de São Paulo - USP Autor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-9068

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/csr.2025.61.3.19523

Palavras-chave:

Esfera pública, Temporalidade, Presentismo, Comunicação, Meios digitais

Resumo

Is "time" a significant social category for conceptualizing the public sphere? This question almost inevitably directs our focus toward "space" as a social dimension for reflection and analysis. With the advent of digital media, however, another social dimension of the public sphere comes to the fore: time. We argue that a proper understanding of the digital public sphere must account for its temporal structures.

Biografia do Autor

Emerson Palmieri, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Bacharel em sociologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), mestre pela mesma universidade e doutor em sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Atualmente é pesquisador de pós-doutorado no departamento de sociologia da USP. É membro da “Red Latino Americana de Sistemas Sociales y Complexidad” (Relassc).

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