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27 septembre 2017
- handle: 10670/1.etgzpq
- isbn: 9780776604930
- eisbn: 9780776627106
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Nicholas Jankowski et al., « Teledemocracy in the Province: An Experiment with Internet-Based Software and Public Debate », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.etgzpq
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In November 1996 a month-long experiment was held with teledemocracy in the Dutch province of North Brabant. During that experiment, some 100 residents and representatives of organizations in the province were invited to debate aspects of land use for the province. This public debate took place with the aid of an Internet – based software program which allowed for moderated discussion, periodic polling of participants, and voting. A research report of this experiment was completed in May 1997 and this paper – based on that report and academic theses subsequently prepared – provides an overview and assessment of this experiment with teledemocracy. Data are presented on the participants and their reflections on the experiment. Attention is also paid to the role of the provincial government in this initiative with on-line democracy. These findings are related to two of the central theoretical perspectives which guided the work – Rogers’s and Kincaid’s convergence model of communication and Habermas’s notion of public sphere. The paper ends with a summary of the main findings from the experiment along with consideration of a number of central issues valuable for future research around initiatives with teledemocracy