Expressions and embeddings of deliberative democracy in mutual benefit digital goods

Abstract: Since democracy is so desirable and digital technologies are so flexible and widespread it is worth asking what sort of digital technologies can, through use, enhance democratic practice. This question is addressed in three stages. First, the notion of Mutual Benefit Digital Goods (MBDGs) is developed as a tool for discerning the digital goods that hold a potential for nurturing democratic virtues. MBDGs are those digital goods that allow a user to make such goods one’s own and to put something of oneself into them. This can be achieved either directly, by working at creating a derivative of a digital good, or by engaging a community of production for digital goods. The second stage is the identification of a theory of democracy that is adequate for discussing democracy in relation to cyberspace. Deliberative democracy, particularly as presented by Dryzek, is put forward as the most appropriate conception of democracy to be used. This conception makes it possible to overcome the di

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 102 S.
Language
Englisch
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Preprint
nicht begutachtet

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Enschede
(when)
2010
Creator
Serracino Inglott, Philip

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-204797
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • 2010

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