Archive for February, 2009
Monday, February 9th, 2009
How can we be sure that the online discussion will not be biased or manipulated by certain interest groups?
Online discourses mirror the world as it is and should not be misunderstood as an ideal or protected room where only the Habermasian “forceless force of the better argument” counts. Participants are ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
A while ago the possibilities of Change.gov were discussed on this weblog and right at noon on January 20th the new White House website was launched. Both websites show a spirit of openness and the goal of the new US administration to get citizens more involved into the political process. ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
As most readers of this blog will know, the European elections this year are in early June (precise dates vary from country to country: the UK and the Netherlands is voting on 4 June but most if not all the other nations on 7 June).
Fraser’s post about the ‘bug’ campaign ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
I have arranged a PEP-NET workshop at the EDEM 2009, Vienna 7-8 September, the preliminary title is:
PEP-NET:an e-Participation Network for European Practitioners
This is an opportunity not only to present PEP-NET to the all the participants, but also to lead a disussion about a number of e-participation topics.
At the moment everything ...
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