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Agenda for Today. final paper assignment participation online Davis argument key examples notes for next week social capital web design. Final Paper. Introduction/thesis statement Organizational structure Evidence Research Citations Conclusion. Online participation. Your ideas:
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Agenda for Today final paper assignment participation online Davis argument key examples notes for next week social capital web design
Final Paper Introduction/thesis statement Organizational structure Evidence Research Citations Conclusion
Online participation Your ideas: Cost effects: convenience, barriers Benefit effects: opportunities, communities Null effects: hype, inequities
Online participation: Davis • 3 types of potential benefits • Obstacles to increased participation • Implications for online politics • Conclusions
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
Obstacles to participation • citizen choices • Internet user characteristics
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
Conclusions • limitations vs. possibilities • technological determinism vs. policy effects
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