20.500.12556/DiRROS-25396 Experts in times of pandemic reframing the debate in the context of structural transformations of the public sphere The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the important yet controversial role of scientific expertise in public life. While existing debates focus mostly on necessary changes to (1) how experts are involved in public and political debates or (2) the way science itself is conducted, we conceptualise role of digital technology and the rise of the “new” social media through the theoretical framework provided by Jürgen Habermas. Drawing on Habermas’s recent reflections on the new “structural transformation” of the digital public sphere, we identify two areas where science and its interaction in the public sphere can be improved to address declining trust in scientific expertise: namely, digital design and user education. On the one hand, democracies need to focus on the architecture of the public sphere when trying to re-establish trust in science. On the other hand, individual user education addresses the choices individuals are making regarding which information they use when they engage in public debates. role of experts coronavirus pandemic public sphere javnost social media Jürgen Habermas vloga strokovnjakov pandemija koronavirusa javna sfera javnost družbeni mediji Jürgen Habermas true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-01-19 14:47:05 2026-01-19 14:47:06 2026-01-20 04:06:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 str. 496-512 iss. 4 Vol. 30 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-11-27 316.77:316.653 1318-3222 10.1080/13183222.2023.2255821 175076611 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13183222.2023.2255821?src=exp-la 1 58ffb1dd-f53d-11f0-a15d-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=38451 175076611.pdf 175076611.pdf 1 62FF7AFE38BF9A687BFD773D4BD98304 84d76399537579af37894c63af661a43b429249c56815a7af8fdc559cdc16624 9018a8e8-f53d-11f0-a15d-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=38453 Inštitut za razvojne in strateške analize 0 0 0