Digital Democracy

Issues of Theory and Practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Increasing attention is being paid to the political uses of the new communication technologies. Digital Democracy offers an invaluable in-depth explanation of what issues of theory and application are most important to the emergence and development of computer-mediated communication systems for political purposes.

The book provides a wide-ranging critical examination of the concept of virtual democracy as discussed in theory and as implemented in practice and policy that has been hitherto unavailable. It addresses how the Internet, World Wide Web and computer-mediated political communication are affecting democracy and focuses on the various theoretical and practical issues involved in digital democracy. Using international examples Digital Democracy attempts to connect theoretical analysis to considerations of practice and policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-05
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761962175

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jan A.G.M. van Dijk (1952) is emeritus professor of communication science and sociology of the information society and still working at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.His main domains of research are the social aspects of the digital media, digital democracy and the digital divide. His best known English books are The Network Society (Four Editions, Sage Publications), Digital Democracy (2000, Sage Publications), The Deepening Divide (2005, Sage Publications), Digital Skills (2014, Palgrave Macmillan), Internet and Democracy (2018, Routledge) and The Digital Divide (2020, Polity Press). Since the year 2020 he is working on an overall work called Power & Technology, combining theories of social and natural power explaining the use of technology in human history. During his long career he was an advisory of many governments and departments as well as the European Commission.

Recensioner i media

`Hacker and van Dijk present an insightful collection exploring the nature of digital democracy.... This book does much to demystify the overused terminology associated with digital democracy, and manages to aviod the hyperbole and utopian tendencies often evident within existing analysis of "cyberpolitics".... highly recommended′ - Political Theory

Innehållsförteckning

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORYWhat Is Digital Democracy? - Kenneth L Hacker and Jan van DijkComputers as Communication - Everett M Rogers and Sheena MalhotraThe Rise of Digital DemocracyPART TWO: THEORYModels of Democracy and Concepts of Communication - Jan van DijkDigital Democracy and Political Systems - Martin HaganStructural Transformations of the Public Sphere - John KeaneThe Controversies of the Internet and the Revitalization of Local Political Life - Sinikka SassiPART THREE: PRACTICEWhite House Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Political Interactivity - Kenneth L HackerGuiding Voters through the Net - Anita Elberse, Matthew Hale and William DuttonThe Democracy Network in a California PrimaryThe Promise and Practice of Public Debate in Cyberspace - Nicholas Jankowski and Martine van SelmThe Widening Information Gap and Policies of Prevention - Jan van DijkPublic Policies for Digital Democracy - Michel Catinat and Thierry VedelPART FOUR: SUMMARYSummary - Jan van Dijk and Kenneth L Hacker