Internet Governance for Whom? Civil Society, Representation, and Digital Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22009302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rohan Grover (0000-0002-9042-8259, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-3317 • E-ISSN: 2162-3317 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.11927 |
| OpenAlex | W3201096850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Internet governance institutions embrace a multistakeholder approach, which calls for civil society organizations (CSOs) to represent community interests. How well do digital rights CSOs fulfill these expectations of “community representation”? Through a case study of the Internet Freedom Foundation, an Indian digital rights organization, this paper evaluates community engagement mechanisms through the lens of equity and democratization, and identifies a gap between expectations and observed practices. It concludes that evaluating representation in digital-native CSOs should account for both socioeconomic and technological dynamics in both transnational and national contexts. This paper offers a contribution to an emergent understanding of civil society’s role in internet governance, grounded in a postcolonial critique of representation and legitimacy, in order to understand whose voices are heard, and whose are still excluded, from internet governance processes
Civil society · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratization · Digital divide · Economics · Information and Communications Technology · Internet governance · Legitimacy · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |