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THE END OF DEMOCRACY? | Unframed: Theory

Democracy has never been louder, yet it feels weaker than ever.
Everyone speaks. Everyone posts. Everyone reacts.
But public debate is no longer shaped by shared understanding, it is shaped by algorithms.
In this episode of Unframed: Theory, Yasemin Aydın revisits the work of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, whose concept of the public sphere defined democratic thought for generations.
Habermas believed democracy survives not through power, but through communication — through how societies talk to themselves.
But what happens when platforms replace journalism?
When attention matters more than truth?
When outrage travels faster than evidence?
This episode explores:
• The structural transformation of the public sphere
• Why platforms replaced media as agenda-setters
• How algorithms reward emotion over reason
• The rise of populism and acclamation politics
• Why fragmentation weakens democratic will-formation
• And whether deliberation can survive in an attention economy
This is not a debate about old media versus new media.
It is a question about the conditions of democracy itself.
Because without a shared public sphere,
there is no shared reality.
And without shared reality, democracy cannot survive.
Unframed: Theory breaks down political philosophy, power structures, and psychological mechanisms shaping our world — beyond headlines, beyond ideology, beyond the frame.