The Problem of Citizens: E-Democracy for Actually Existing Democracy

This article argues that many contemporary e-democracy projects, particularly in the United States, have at their heart a model of atomistic, independent, rational, and general-interest citizens. As such, these projects, variously grouped under the labels of e-governance, online deliberation, open g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel Kreiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-11-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115616151