Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
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Analytical Framework & Research<br />
Methods<br />
• Participatory model<br />
o civil society exists away from <strong>the</strong> state <strong>and</strong> (will be) mediated<br />
electronically<br />
o organic emergence <strong>of</strong> democracy<br />
o voluntary associations, spontaneous interactions within<br />
cyber-space<br />
o access is enough to encourage wider political participation<br />
o state protects free speech <strong>and</strong> rights <strong>of</strong> expression<br />
o participatory model will replace <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two through <strong>the</strong><br />
logic <strong>of</strong> information society<br />
o discursive model <strong>of</strong> information