Digitale Demokratie : Netzpolitik und Deliberation

• Main Author: Siedschlag, Alexander
• Format: Others
• Language: German
• Published: Universität Potsdam 2005
• Subjects: Internet; digitale Demokratie; Überlegung; politische Kultur; E-democracy; deliberation; political culture; Political science
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47989; http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/texte_eingeschraenkt_welttrends/2010/4798/

Academics have been arguing about the political and social changes initiated by communication technologies for more than hundred years. Internet-politics does not have the potential to form a new digital culture of deliberation. The existing background of communication culture is a very important variable which has not been incorporated before. The author suggests five different concepts of politics based on the internet. The model of digital democracy provides a basis for exploring the interconnection between internetbased politics and change in political and communication culture. Digital democracy has the potential to make a difference in public deliberation; however, it needs concerned elites and prudent governance.