Robert Asen is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Daniel C. Brouwer is Assistant Professor of Human Communication at Arizona State University.

"At the beginning of the previous century, John Dewey was concerned about the public and its problems. Dewey's concerns, it turns out, are more relevant now than ever. One of the great strengths of Counterpublics and the State is that its contributors update the entire discussion in light of new issues and, especially, new communication technologies. I suspect this is a book Dewey would have hoped that every citizen would read." — Eric Gander, Baruch College

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Reconfigurations in the Public SphereRobert Asen and Daniel C. Brouwer I. Conflicted Encounters Chapter 1. Prisoners of Conscience and the Counterpublic Sphere of Prison Writing: The Stones that Start the AvalancheGerard A. Hauser Chapter 2. ACT-ing UP in Congressional HearingsDaniel C. Brouwer Chapter 3. The Black Press and the State: Attracting Unwanted (?) AttentionCatherine Squires Chapter 4. Representing the State in South Central Los AngelesRobert Asen II. New Communication Technologies and Globalization Chapter 5. Cyber-movements, New Social Movements, and CounterpublicsCatherine Helen Palczewski Chapter 6. Crafting a Virtual Counterpublic: Right-to-Die Advocates on the InternetTodd. F. McDorman Chapter 7. A Structural Transformation for a Global Public Sphere? The Use of New Communication Technologies by Non-Governmental Organizations and the United NationsMarie A. Mater Chapter 8. Doing Away with Suharto – And the Twins Myths of Globalization and the New Social MovementsDana L. Cloud Chapter 9. In the Name of Reconciliation: The Faith and Works of CounterpublicityErik Doxtader Contributors Index