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Også i Latinamerika ser man en tendens i retning af, at der kommer flere lokale medier til, samtidig med at kommunikationssystemerne internati- onaliseres. Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo beskæftiger sig her med et cen- tralt tema i den latinamerikanske mediediskussion, nemlig borgerrettig- heder - og mediernes betydning i den forbindelse. Hun argumenterer for de lokale mediers store kulturelle og politiske betydning i Latinamerika, hvor de fungererer som kanal for folkelig deltagelse. I denne artikel ana- lyserer hun betingelserne for lokal deltagelse i kommunikation i lokalsam- fundene med eksempler fra to lokale radioprojekter, hvor det i forskellig grad er lykkedes at aktivere den lokale befolkning og inddrage den i pro- duktion, beslutninger og planlægning omkring radioerne. Artiklen er en redigeret version af et paper præsenteret på IAMCRs konference i Bra- silien, august 1992, udgivet i José Marques de Melo (red.), Communica- tion for a new world: Brazilian perspectives. São Paolo: ECA/USD 1993.

Echo chambers, fake news, filter bubbles and algorithms have been framed as great threats to our contemporary democracies and public spheres. In the Nordic countries, the state plays an active role in sustaining democracy and the public sphere through culture- and knowledge policies. The Norwegian Government have over the last years presented a white paper on overall cultural policy and a library strategy document. Both documents address the effects of digital technology on democracy, and how culture institutions in general and libraries in particular can help sustain our democracies in changing times. In this article, we study these and preceding documents on culture- and library policies. We analyze how they address digital technology and how they see culture- and library policies as providing solutions to digital threats to democracy and the public sphere. Furthermore, we study what notion of democracy and the public sphere are prevalent in Norwegian cultural policies. The results show that the Government view culture as a remedy against a fragmented public sphere, and that libraries play a key role as providers of digital guidance and teaching.