The article related to this week’s topic of online politics is that of Thierry Vedel about the idea of e-democracy. In this article, Vedel presents the different ages in which a digital democracy exist, from the 1950’s to today. The current age brought about a new age of politics and civic engagement, and made the internet more than an additional tool providing new solutions to the problems in a democracy. It created a new way of being together, without any boundaries. He presents three dimensions of an electronic democracy; information, discussion, and decision. Finally, he presents four assumptions on which the idea of an electronic democracy generally is based, challenging each of them for a variety of reasons, triggering these questions:
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What sort of information do we need to be truly informed, and able to make rational decisions?
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How would NOT having intermediary bodies make a democracy better (or worse)?
http://www.slideshare.net/ymslot/dl-ppt-electronic-democracy
References
Thierry Vedel (2006). The Idea of Electronic Democracy: Origins, Visions and Questions. Parliamentary Affairs: UK Politics and The Internet – The First Decade, 59(2), 226-235. Retrieved February 18, 2008, from ProQuest database. (Document ID: 1072719461).
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