A private sphere: democracy in a digital age

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Online technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing? Late modern democracies are characterized by civic apathy, public skepticism, disillusionment with politics, and general disinterest in conventional political process. And yet, public interest in blogging, online news, net-based activism, collaborative news filtering, and online networking reveal an electorate that is not disinter…

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Full title :A private sphere : democracy in a digital age

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Publication Date:2012

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Publisher(s):Polity
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012

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Contemporary democracies, civic engagement, and the media. Public and private expression in contemporary democracies. Converged media, converged audiences, and converged publics. The question of citizenship in a converged environment. The public sphere, expired : On the democratizing potential of convergent technologies. A private sphere

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Description:vi, 200 s. : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

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ISBN:9780745645247, 9780745645254, 0745645240, 0745645259
oclc:ocn828138492
LC Classification:HM851
Dewey Decimal:321.802854678

Contemporary democracies, civic engagement, and the media -- Public and private expression in contemporary democracies -- Converged media, converged audiences, and converged publics -- The question of citizenship in a converged environment -- The public sphere, expired : On the democratizing potential of convergent technologies -- A private sphere.