Proponents of new technology often argue that it will expand the public sphere, broadening both the range ideas discussed and the number of people allowed to participate. NGOs for example make extensive use of the Internet to educate and contact people: what is your thinking on all this? Does ‘connecting’ more people empower them and give them greater autonomy – or is this just another globalisation myth?
Reading: Pieterse (Ch.10); Marden (2011) ‘The Digitised Public Sphere’ (in e-reserve); and Hindman (2009) ‘The Internet and the “Democratisation” of Politics
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