As a new trend along with the existing conception of public sphere, under theguidence of the Habermas's theory of public sphere, the thesis trys to investigate theassociation between the micro-blog and the public sphere with the combination oftraditional media and online media.With the characteristics of equality, secular and openness, the study found thatmicro-blog naturally becomes the forming mechanism of public sphere. As having thetypical characteristic of public sphere, the study suggests that micro-blog in the publicsphere are facing challenges embodied with non-intervention and interventioncontradictions in the reality. The general principle of openness can not be achieved so faras the opinion leaders concerned. A last, Although the challenge facing with themicro-blog in the public sphere, the study still holds a positive attitude to the formation ofpublic sphere. |