Digital Media and Digital Public Sphere

Today, people meet, discuss, and form opinions about anything and everything using digital platforms. The creation, distribution, viewing, storage, integration, and modification of information are also done digitally. Undoubtedly, digital media made the public space wider and more accessible to common people leading to the creation of a new public sphere. This study is an attempt to understand the public sphere enabled by digital media. Is this what Habermas had envisioned as the true public sphere where private individuals discussed public issues of common interest using social media?