Abstract

Though Habermas model of public sphere was framed for describing the public and sphere at the state-level however its principles and mechanisms are postulated as relevant to the theory and practices of global public sphere GPS and global civil society GCS The emerging digital technologies and particularly global connectivity through Internet and social networking have added new dimensions to the existing GPS thereby generating a new public sphere NPS The determinants of NPS like globalization social software etc do not seem to stand against the Habermas view of public sphere rather stand supportive and enhancing to the principles and requirements of an ideal public sphere both at the national and global levels This paper unfolds this issue at length by juxtaposing the research findings from the existing research