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

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

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

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. The Internet and Politics Discussion