New Media, New Civics?
Dissatisfaction with existing governments, a broad shift to “post‐representative democracy” and the rise of participatory media are leading toward the visibility of different forms of civic participation. “Participatory civics” uses tools of participatory media and relies on theories of change beyon...
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| description | Dissatisfaction with existing governments, a broad shift to “post‐representative democracy” and the rise of participatory media are leading toward the visibility of different forms of civic participation. “Participatory civics” uses tools of participatory media and relies on theories of change beyond influencing representative governments to seek change. This article offers a framework to describe participatory civics in terms of theories of change used and demands places on the participant, and examines some of the implications of the rise of participatory civics, including the challenges of deliberation in a diverse and competitive digital public sphere. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1276542022-10-02T04:28:30Z New Media, New Civics? Zuckerman, Ethan Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Civic Media Zuckerman, Ethan Dissatisfaction with existing governments, a broad shift to “post‐representative democracy” and the rise of participatory media are leading toward the visibility of different forms of civic participation. “Participatory civics” uses tools of participatory media and relies on theories of change beyond influencing representative governments to seek change. This article offers a framework to describe participatory civics in terms of theories of change used and demands places on the participant, and examines some of the implications of the rise of participatory civics, including the challenges of deliberation in a diverse and competitive digital public sphere. 2020-09-18T17:19:21Z 2020-09-18T17:19:21Z 2014-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1944-2866 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127654 Zuckerman, Ethan. "New Media, New Civics?." Policy and Internet 6, 2 (June 2014): 151-168 © 2014 Policy Studies Organization en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1944-2866.poi360 Policy and Internet Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Wiley Ethan Zuckerman |
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