Information Communication Technologies and the Virtual Public Sphere

Demonstrates how the virtual public sphere uses information communications technology to empower ordinary citizens to engage in effective public discourse and provide the technological means to effect political change. This text aims to help readers understand the phenomenon of deliberative e-democracy that is occurring throughout the world. Information Communication Technologies and the Virtual Public Sphere: Impacts of Network Structures on Civil Society demonstrates how the virtual public sphere uses information communications technology to empower ordinary citizens to engage in effective public discourse and provide the technological means to effect political change. Written with professionals, researchers of various disciplines and interested laypersons in mind, this text aims to help readers understand the phenomenon of deliberative e-democracy that is occurring throughout the world.