Digital Democracy
Issues of Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7619-6218-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
`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 TheoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-6218-2 (9780761962182)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2000
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€233.00
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Jan A.G.M. van Dijk is an internationally recognized expert in the field of communication, his specific interest being new media studies. Van Dijk is the author of The Network Society (SAGE, 2012) and co-editor of Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice (SAGE, 2000). He is an advisor of the European Commission in the Information Society Forum. As a professor of Communication Science at Twente University, van Dijk teaches and develops the sociology of the information society, in particular the social-cultural, political, and organizational aspects.
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
What Is Digital Democracy? - Kenneth L Hacker and Jan van Dijk
Computers as Communication - Everett M Rogers and Sheena Malhotra
The Rise of Digital Democracy
PART TWO: THEORY
Models of Democracy and Concepts of Communication - Jan van Dijk
Digital Democracy and Political Systems - Martin Hagan
Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere - John Keane
The Controversies of the Internet and the Revitalization of Local Political Life - Sinikka Sassi
PART THREE: PRACTICE
White House Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Political Interactivity - Kenneth L Hacker
Guiding Voters through the Net - Anita Elberse, Matthew Hale and William Dutton
The Democracy Network in a California Primary
The Promise and Practice of Public Debate in Cyberspace - Nicholas Jankowski and Martine van Selm
The Widening Information Gap and Policies of Prevention - Jan van Dijk
Public Policies for Digital Democracy - Michel Catinat and Thierry Vedel
PART FOUR: SUMMARY
Summary - Jan van Dijk and Kenneth L Hacker
What Is Digital Democracy? - Kenneth L Hacker and Jan van Dijk
Computers as Communication - Everett M Rogers and Sheena Malhotra
The Rise of Digital Democracy
PART TWO: THEORY
Models of Democracy and Concepts of Communication - Jan van Dijk
Digital Democracy and Political Systems - Martin Hagan
Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere - John Keane
The Controversies of the Internet and the Revitalization of Local Political Life - Sinikka Sassi
PART THREE: PRACTICE
White House Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Political Interactivity - Kenneth L Hacker
Guiding Voters through the Net - Anita Elberse, Matthew Hale and William Dutton
The Democracy Network in a California Primary
The Promise and Practice of Public Debate in Cyberspace - Nicholas Jankowski and Martine van Selm
The Widening Information Gap and Policies of Prevention - Jan van Dijk
Public Policies for Digital Democracy - Michel Catinat and Thierry Vedel
PART FOUR: SUMMARY
Summary - Jan van Dijk and Kenneth L Hacker