POL369Y5 Lecture Notes - Public Sphere, Direct Democracy, E-Government
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Models: empowered public sphere, displacement of traditional political organizations by digitally self-organized groups, digital direct democracy, truth-based advocacy, constituent mobilization, social monitoring, citizens -> traditional political org. Public sphere -> communication pressure -> politicians + public agencies. Use to be dominante by elites, access to information. Expands accessibility to public sphere, cost of communication less. Most people still use mass media as the platform. Segments of public sphere: occupy wall street. To get rid of political parties, interest groups andeverything else. Pushed to the sidelines and citizens organizes into groups. Citizen -> action outputs: citizens -> traditional pol org -> political agencies -> outputs. Argues citizens direct to -> political agencies e-government not e-governance. Services available, but no dialogue: truth-based advocacy. > public sphere: constituent mobilization citizens traditional political organization, social monitoring, lines in all spheres, = information gathering. Doesn"t alter relationships but creates a layer of parallel information sharing. First three not having an impact, bottom three are.
