Community Networks and Public Participation
A Forum for Civic Engagement or a Platform for Ranting Irate Malcontents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20360962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Ferber, Franz Foltz, Rudy Pugliese (Rochester Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 388-397 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Science Technology & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0270-4676 • E-ISSN: 1552-4183 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0270467606292505 |
| OpenAlex | W2032476530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
Forums of public discussion on Internet Web sites have been promoted by some as having the potential to improve democracy through large increases in civic engagement. Such claims are scoffed at by others. To date, such forums tend to be found more on community networks and commercial Web sites than on sites owned by governments. We thus turn to an examination of forums hosted by a private New Jersey organization, to seek to understand the types and character of discussion taking place. Discussion of politics and government, especially at the local level, represented slightly more than one half of the postings. Participation in the forums, however, appeared limited to a small number of people
Civic engagement · Democracy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public engagement · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Public Administration · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics
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| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |