Title: Can the Internet strengthen democracy?
Description: 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? --
Subjects: Technological innovations, Democracy, Internet, Political aspects, Political participation, Internet in public administration, Communication in politics, Demokratie