New Technologies and Not-So-New Democracies

New Technologies and Not-So-New Democracies

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Discussions of the impact of the new media on democratic politics often generalize too broadly about new technologies and almost always take for granted a uniformity about democracies. Democra- cies vary across nations and over time. For the USA, it is argued that Americans have had four diff...

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Main Author: Michael Schudson
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) 2006-09-01
Series:MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
Online Access:http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/1284
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spelling doaj-efabba97d53d43e89d54f2de1f8633892020-11-24T23:49:21ZdanSammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research0900-96711901-97262006-09-0122401208New Technologies and Not-So-New DemocraciesMichael SchudsonDiscussions of the impact of the new media on democratic politics often generalize too broadly about new technologies and almost always take for granted a uniformity about democracies. Democra- cies vary across nations and over time. For the USA, it is argued that Americans have had four different visions of what political spe- ech and participation should be. American democracy has shifted from a citizenship of deference, to one of party enthusiasm, to a model of the informed citizen, to the contemporary model of irreve- rent citizenship. Each model calls forth different versions of a public sphere. What is the democracy that technology is having an impact on? This question must be integrated in the discussion of the impact of technology on democracy.http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/1284
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description Discussions of the impact of the new media on democratic politics often generalize too broadly about new technologies and almost always take for granted a uniformity about democracies. Democra- cies vary across nations and over time. For the USA, it is argued that Americans have had four different visions of what political spe- ech and participation should be. American democracy has shifted from a citizenship of deference, to one of party enthusiasm, to a model of the informed citizen, to the contemporary model of irreve- rent citizenship. Each model calls forth different versions of a public sphere. What is the democracy that technology is having an impact on? This question must be integrated in the discussion of the impact of technology on democracy.
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