What is Digital Democracy?

Dijk, Johannes A.G.M. van; Hacker, Kenneth L.

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“…The literature on the potential impact of the Internet on the democratic process is too vast to summarize here (see Hacker & van Dijk, 2000;Wilhelm, 2000, chap. 1, for useful summaries).…”

Section: Internet Discussion: Democracy's Great Future?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Pundits, Ideologues, and Ranters: The British Columbia Election Online

Jansen

Koop

2006

Canadian Journal of Communication

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This article examines the potential for Internet discussion boards to be a vehicle for political deliberation through a case study of the BC Votes discussion board during British Columbia's 2001 provincial election. Research reveals that the board was dominated by a relatively small number of users and that the favourite discussion topics were not issues but how parties and leaders were performing. The authors conclude that the perception of ideological homogeneity in online discussion may be overstated and that the first post in a discussion thread has an important agenda-setting function. They also find that the relative newness of discussion boards may play a role in shaping the nature of discussion there.Résumé : Afin d'examiner le potentiel des babillards électroniques comme véhi-cules de débats politiques, cet article offre une étude de cas sur le babillard BC Votes lors des élections provinciales en Colombie-Britannique en 2001. Les auteurs démontrent que relativement peu d'usagers dominaient le babillard et que les sujets préférés de discussion ne touchaient pas aux enjeux de la campagne électorale, mais plutôt à la performance des parties politiques et de leurs leaders. Les auteurs concluent que l'homogénéité idéologique des babillards électroni-ques n'est peut-être qu'une perception exagérée et que souvent le ton polémique du débat est dicté par le premier message dans un fil de discussion. Les auteurs concluent aussi que le caractère relativement nouveau des babillards reflète sur la spécificité de la discussion qui s'y déroule.

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“…The literature on the potential impact of the Internet on the democratic process is too vast to summarize here (see Hacker & van Dijk, 2000;Wilhelm, 2000, chap. 1, for useful summaries).…”

Section: Internet Discussion: Democracy's Great Future?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Pundits, Ideologues, and Ranters: The British Columbia Election Online

Jansen

Koop

2006

Canadian Journal of Communication

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“…It is clear that a modern society, which consists of networks, provides a more efficient way of facilitating communication among citizens, including government agents, politicians, political parties, NGOs and other related groups (Kippen & Jenkins, 2003). Others go a step further and argue that the substantial and normative power of traditional politics is supplanted by technocracy (Hacker & Van Dijk, 2000). Our study of the Middle East's archival data shows that there is a transitive and mutual relationship between democracy and ICT development, which is discussed in more detail later.…”

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confidence: 64%

The Contribution of ICT to Freedom and Democracy: An Empirical Analysis of Archival Data on the Middle East

Shirazi

2008

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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This study is based on an empirical analysis of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) archival data for ten Middle Eastern countries: Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates for the period of 1995-2003. Some previous studies consider the impact of ICT on socio-economic development in the region. Using a set of regression analyses, this paper shows that ICT expansion in the Middle East has not only resulted in the reduction of the Digital Divide between this region and developed countries, it has also had a positive impact on promoting democracy and freedom of expression in a region that suffers most from political, social and global conflicts (Freedom House, 2006; Reporters Without Borders, 2005).

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“…Indeed, they cautioned that, based on the extant evidence, "the Internet per se is unlikely to stimulate widespread mobilization or participation… (215)." Polat and Pratchett (2009) reviewed the UK's local e-government program that operated between 2000 and 2006, which they argued was "…arguably one of the biggest initiatives of its kind in the world (20)," and found that it largely ignored what the authors called online practices of citizenship and instead favored themes of modernization and efficiency.…”

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E-Participation among American Local Governments

Norris

Reddick

2013

Electronic Participation

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Abstract. Using data from national surveys conducted in 2006 and 2011, we examine whether local governments in the United States have adopted eparticipation (a.k.a. e-democracy). The results show that few American local governments have done so. These results are highly inconsistent with the claims of e-democracy advocates. Two important factors account for the lack of e-democracy at the American grassroots: lack of funding and lack of perceived demand. Another reason may be that early predictions were incorrect. Based on these findings, we would expect that e-democracy among US local governments will not be substantially different in the foreseeable future than it is now.

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What is Digital Democracy?

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Pundits, Ideologues, and Ranters: The British Columbia Election Online

Pundits, Ideologues, and Ranters: The British Columbia Election Online

The Contribution of ICT to Freedom and Democracy: An Empirical Analysis of Archival Data on the Middle East

E-Participation among American Local Governments

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