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Designing for democracy : how to build community in digital environments /

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"This chapter introduces the book's argument and approach. It argues that participatory democracy-understood as a method of collective problem-solving-is well-suited for understanding the democratic implications of digital technologies. The chapter then explains why the book takes the meth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forestal, Jennifer (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford studies in digital politics.
Subjects:
Information society > Political aspects.
Political participation > Technological innovations.
Democracy.
Société de l'information > Aspect politique.
Participation politique > Innovations.
Democracy
Information society > Political aspects
Political participation > Technological innovations
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series
  • Designing for Democracy
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Digital Technologies and the Problem of Democracy
  • 2. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Facebook, Boundaries, and Forming Communities
  • 3. Sustaining Democracy: Durability, Attachment, and Twitter
  • 4. r/​democracy: Flexible Spaces, Experimental Habits, and the Problem of Self-​Segregation
  • 5. Democracy for Profit?: Control, Community, and the Role of Algorithms
  • 6. "Make No Little Plans": Designing the Future of Democracy
  • References
  • Index