Assessing some measures of online deliberation

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ID6416664
AuthorsRicardo Fabrino Mendonça (0000-0002-7754-3359, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume9
Issue3
Pages88-115
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821
PublisherBrazilian Political Science Association (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.1590/1981-38212015000300021
OpenAlexW2203886272
SCIELO_PIDS1981-38212015000300088
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited54

The empirical turn in deliberative democracy has fostered the development of different methodological procedures. Within this literature, studies focusing on the internet have gained increasing attention. The belief that the internet may help solve some of the deliberative deficits of democracies has propelled an interest in the potential benefits and problems of online discourse. This article seeks to discuss some of the methods that have been advocated for the study of online deliberation to point out three of their weaknesses: (01) the establishment of misleading distinctions; (02) the neglect of the implications of the deliberative system; and (03) the disregard of some specificities of the internet

Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Empirical research · Epistemology · Neglect · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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