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Online Participation Impacts on Social Capital and Web Design: A Comprehensive Analysis

This paper delves into the effects of online participation on social capital, exploring benefits, obstacles, and implications for online politics. It discusses potential benefits like citizen-government interaction and policy-making impact, as well as obstacles such as internet user characteristics. The conclusion highlights limitations versus possibilities, challenging technological determinism. Next week's focus will be on understanding "social capital" and preparing for web design. Join the discussion to explore these key concepts further.

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Online Participation Impacts on Social Capital and Web Design: A Comprehensive Analysis

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  1. Agenda for Today final paper assignment participation online Davis argument key examples notes for next week social capital web design

  2. Final Paper Introduction/thesis statement Organizational structure Evidence Research Citations Conclusion

  3. Online participation Your ideas: Cost effects: convenience, barriers Benefit effects: opportunities, communities Null effects: hype, inequities

  4. Online participation: Davis • 3 types of potential benefits • Obstacles to increased participation • Implications for online politics • Conclusions

  5. Potential benefits • Citizen information • example: Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles • 2. Citizen-government interaction: • - example: Buckinghamshire citizen jury • 3. Policy-making impact: • - example: South Africa’s constitutional consultation

  6. Obstacles to participation • citizen choices • Internet user characteristics

  7. Implications for online politics • Dominant player advantage • a) organizational advantage • counter-example: Ventura • b) reliability advantage • - counter-example: Straight Goods • 2. Limited participation growth • - information pull, e.g. MyBC • - deliberation potential, e.g. Minnesota e-dem

  8. Conclusions • limitations vs. possibilities • technological determinism vs. policy effects

  9. Next week • what is “social capital”? Intro. to Putnam • cut Heywood/Lay reading • use time to prep for web design lab • choose Word or Composer

  10. Discussion

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