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The public arena is a crucial element of democratic societies, linking communication to political competition and democratic representation. It comes as no surprise then to find that the concept has inspired massive research activity. The digital transformation of the public arena has featured very prominently in recent research. The diversity of interests, approaches, and methods in studies on the contemporary digitally extended public arena mirrors the richness of the concept and its related areas.To get a better sense of different approaches by which to examine the contemporary public arena empirically, we now turn to three studies that address related questions.Chapters:00:00 - Introduction00:21 - The public arena examined01:44 - Limits to attention07:19 - Digital shaping of behavior13:23 - Contesting narratives19:36 - The contemporary public arena24:16 - ConclusionScript:http://digitalmedia.andreasjungherr.de/public_arena.html#the-public-arena-examined