The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation

Since online deliberation has not delivered on the expectations of more considered, democratic participation, the authors propose less focus on technological ‘fixes’ and more on re-conceptualizing its primary purpose to gathering resonance in an authentic public square. The ideas that emerge can the...

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Main Authors: Hartz-Karp, Janette, Sullivan, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Dept. of Political Science ,Auburn University, US 2014
Online Access:http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol10/iss1/art16
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20500
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description Since online deliberation has not delivered on the expectations of more considered, democratic participation, the authors propose less focus on technological ‘fixes’ and more on re-conceptualizing its primary purpose to gathering resonance in an authentic public square. The ideas that emerge can then be deliberated in representative face-to-face public deliberations, with the coherent voice that results contributing to more inclusive, legitimate, and implementable democratic decision-making.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-205002017-01-30T12:19:35Z The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation Hartz-Karp, Janette Sullivan, B. Since online deliberation has not delivered on the expectations of more considered, democratic participation, the authors propose less focus on technological ‘fixes’ and more on re-conceptualizing its primary purpose to gathering resonance in an authentic public square. The ideas that emerge can then be deliberated in representative face-to-face public deliberations, with the coherent voice that results contributing to more inclusive, legitimate, and implementable democratic decision-making. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20500 http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol10/iss1/art16 Dept. of Political Science ,Auburn University, US fulltext
spellingShingle Hartz-Karp, Janette
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The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title_full The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title_fullStr The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title_full_unstemmed The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title_short The Unfulfilled Promise of Online Deliberation
title_sort unfulfilled promise of online deliberation
url http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol10/iss1/art16
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20500