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McKnight, John Carter – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
Early utopian notions of Internet-based community as enabling transcendence of earthly governments and cultural divides manifested in the massively multiplayer online nongame platform, Second Life. However, while platform users nearly unanimously chose governance regimes based on professional management rather than democratic self-governance, one…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Simulation, Computer Mediated Communication, Conflict
Thakur, Dhanaraj G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Deliberative democracy has been promoted as a way improving legitimacy and political equality in policy debates. This dissertation seeks to understand how deliberation takes place within the intersection of two unique spaces: dialogue among members of regional civil society groups and communication in online fora. The motivation for this research…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Interpersonal Communication, Democracy, Content Analysis
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Mihelich, John – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2008
In a reflective essay about experiential learning in the classroom, the author discusses a spontaneous student protest movement and how embracing student resistance as engagement can enhance the learning experience and foster a critical pedagogy. Students in an anthropology class attempted to organize a boycott of a scheduled quiz and, in doing…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Activism, Democracy, Relevance (Education)
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White, Charles S. – Social Studies, 1997
Posits a skeptical critique of the early claims of increased and efficient citizen participation in government due to information technology. Recent experiments have been costly and only marginally successful. Further research suggests that advanced information technology will have little effect on voter apathy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Apathy, Citizenship Education, Community Control, Computer Mediated Communication