Can the Internet strengthen democracy?

From its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of political messages, could that invigorate democracy? If political elites fail to respond to such energy, where will it leave them? --

Year

2017

Language

English

Publisher

Polity Press

Editions

3

Pages

144

ISBN

9781509508396

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