Democracy in the Network Society: are the Spanish Indignants transforming politics?

( ) Democracy in the Network Society: are the Spanish Indignants transforming politics? Ismael Peña-López "Tecnologie Digitali nelle Istituzioni Pubbliche e Non Profit” Communication Science, Università della Svizzera Italiana 29 november 2012 To cite this work: Peña-López, Ismael. (2012) Democracy in the Network Society: are the Spanish Indignants transforming politics? Guest lecture at "Tecnologie Digitali nelle Istituzioni Pubbliche e Non Profit”, Communication Science, Università della Svizzera Italiana. 29 november 2012. <http://ictlogy.net/presentations/20121129_ismael_pena-lopez_democracy_network_society_spanish_indignants_transforming_politics.zip> To contact the author: http://ictlogy.net All the information in this document under a Creative Commons license: Attribution – Non Commercial – No Derivative Works Politics take place at a scheduled time Participation can take place whenever Politics happen in a closed place Participation can happen anywhere, in the open Someone proposes something programmed Nothing lasts forever, you have to debate about what to debate Someone preset does politics You can participate with everyone, with whom you choose Collaboration is expensive Competition and reinventing the wheel ends up being expensive Changing the programme is expensive Not changing the programme ends up being expensive Content and container are inseparable Content is volatile, the container is you Citizen = freedom Governance + Empowerment freedom over the system freedom within the system How is freedom / power distributed in the system? @ictlogist "Industrial" Democracy Scarcity + Transaction Costs = Scarcity Transaction costs Intermediation Information Management Decision-making Hierarchies are effective and efficient Digital Society From appropriation to transformation Dematerialization of access to information. Space and time no more determinant for communications. Intermediation Scarcity + Transaction costs = Intermediation? to impacts Deliberative Democracy Capilarity Long tail Critical mass Disintermediation Immediacy Information from projects The knowledge gap hypothesis Digital Divide Digital Competence Deliberation Argumentation Negotiation Opinion shaping Voting Explicitation of preferences Assessment Accountability Wisdom of crowds Do-ocracy Open data Open science Visualisation Mass self-communication Open Government (oGov) Data journalism e-Lobbying e-Propaganda Filtering, censorship Cybercontrol Trolling Time factor Reputation, legitimacy Benevolen dictador Divergent processes Direct Democracy Liquid/hybrid Democracy (proxy or delegated voting) Infoxication Curators, filters Echo chambers Daily me Representativeness (inwards & outwards) Transparency Traceability Atomization of tasks Systemic impact Paradox of less perticipation Cost of participation (quanti, quali) Ochlocracy Wheighting mechanisms (minorities, common goods) Empowerment vs. governance Investigative journalism Popular consultations Open Government (oGov) Open Parliaments Politics 2.0 Scartity Transaction costs Facilitation Knowledge Management Decision-making Networks are effective and efficient Intermediation? to impacts Information from projects Deliberation Argumentation Negotiation Opinion shaping Voting Explicitation of preferences Assessment Accountability Improvement or transformation?