Use of virtual social networks and citizen participation in Podemos

• Main Author: Fernando Moreno Montero
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2017-12-01
• Series: Revista Teknokultura
• Subjects: democracia participativa; hegemonía; libertad de expresión; partidos políticos; Web 2.0.
• Online Access: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/article/view/56099
• ISSN: 1549-2230

<p>In this article we present the political party <em>Podemos </em>as a paradigmatic example of public participation via the Internet. To that end, we discuss how <em>Podemos </em>implemented its own web portal through which citizens can participate (i.e. <em>Plaza Podemos 2.0</em>). Hereafter, we present several examples (8 in total) of citizen participation by electronic means in the internal processes of the party. Finally, we discuss an example (case 9) of its commitment to freedom of expression within the new scenario that <em>Web 2.0 </em>represents.</p>