The Internet and Politics Agenda for Today final paper assignment participation online Davis argument key examples notes for next week social capital web design

The Internet and Politics Final Paper  Introduction/thesis statement  Organizational structure  Evidence  Research  Citations  Conclusion

The Internet and Politics Online participation Your ideas: 1.Cost effects: convenience, barriers 2.Benefit effects: opportunities, communities 3.Null effects: hype, inequities

The Internet and Politics Online participation: Davis 3 types of potential benefits Obstacles to increased participation Implications for online politics Conclusions

The Internet and Politics Potential benefits 1.Citizen information -example: Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles 2. Citizen-government interaction: - example: Buckinghamshire citizen jury 3. Policy-making impact: - example: South Africa’s constitutional consultation

The Internet and Politics Obstacles to participation -citizen choices -Internet user characteristics

The Internet and Politics Implications for online politics 1.Dominant player advantage a) organizational advantage -counter-example: Ventura b) reliability advantage - counter-example: Straight Goods 2. Limited participation growth - information pull, e.g. MyBC - deliberation potential, e.g. Minnesota e-dem

The Internet and Politics Conclusions -limitations vs. possibilities -technological determinism vs. policy effects

The Internet and Politics Next week what is “social capital”? Intro. to Putnam cut Heywood/Lay reading use time to prep for web design lab choose Word or Composer

The Internet and Politics Discussion