Algunos sitios donde se ha escrito sobre theory

One of our tasks at the Internet and Democracy Project is to develop an intellectual framework which will aid us in studying the effect of the Internet on democracy. We are beginning by doing a lot of background research on the scholarship of democracy: Juan Linz, Seymour Martin Lipset, Terry ... Leer más

The Internet assists social change campaigns by making participation easier. You don't need to go to a particular location to volunteer or even write a check to donate. It's just point and click, point and click. But by taking advantage of the online medium, many organizations are losing the benefit ... Leer más

Traditional social change orgs are beholden to rich people. Internet organizers aren't. On Wednesday I wrote a post about why grassroots digital activism is potentially more revolutionary than institution digital activism. My logic was based on a fuzzy proposition that institutions necessarily have "credibility, legitimacy, and resources" invested in the ... Leer más

I am interested in digital activism to the extent that is is politically transformative, that it can give marginalized political actors more power. I usually think about this in the progressive context of human rights activists and democracy promoters but, as the case of Internet jihad demonstrates, violent and hyper-conservative ... Leer más