The recent decades more than anything else have revealed the ambivalence not only of the articulated expectations about the digital public sphere but also of the ‘real’ development itself. This thematic issue of Media and Communication highlights some of the criticalities and specificities of the evolution of the public sphere during this period where digital communication ecosystems are becoming increasingly central. The different articles offer a polyphonic perspective and thus contribute significantly to the debate on the transformations of the public sphere, which—in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic—dramatically affect the very essence of our democracy.

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数字公共领域的持续转型：移动目标的基本考虑

最近几十年来，最重要的是不仅揭示了对数字公共领域的明确期望，而且也揭示了“真实”发展本身的模棱两可。媒体和传播这一主题问题突出了在这个数字通信生态系统变得越来越重要的这一时期，公共领域发展的一些关键性和特殊性。不同的文章提供了复音的观点，从而为有关公共领域转型的辩论做出了重要贡献，在Covid-19大流行期间，公共领域的转型严重影响了我们民主的本质。