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Democracy in the Digital Age
Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace
- 192 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Democracy in the Digital Age is a fascinating philosophical exploration of how the emerging information and communication technologies are impacting political participation in the United States. Rather than being the antidote to democratic ills, the political conversations occurring online are neither inclusive nor deliberative, suggesting that new technologies, as currently designed and used, are as much threats to progress as they are vehicles of progress. Wilhelm finds that there is often an appearance of progress, but negligible advancement of the human condition. He discusses the four features of digitally-mediated political life (resources, inclusiveness, deliberation, and design) and demonstrates the need for a strong public policy.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: Cyberdemocracy’s “Troubled and Frothy Surface”
- 2: Shaping Virtual Civic Spaces
- 3: Resource Requirements of Digitally Mediated Political Life
- 4: Immune to Progress: Reconceptualizing America’s Information and Telecommunications Underclass
- 5: Virtual Sounding Boards: How Deliberative Is Online Political Discussion?
- 6: Designer Democracy
- 7: Catching the Red Queen: Public-Policy Renovations
- Conclusion: Media Campaigns and the New International
- Appendix A1: Logistic Regression Analysis of Home Computer Ownership
- Appendix A2: Logistic Regression Analysis of Home Modem Ownership
- Appendix A3: Logistic Regression Analysis of Digitally Mediated Political Engagement
- Appendix B: List of (Self-Identified) Political Usenet and AOL Forums
- References