Is Web 2.0 a threat to representative democracy? A deliberation through the Australian carbon tax debate
Fraunholz, Bardo and Unnithan, Chandana 2011, Is Web 2.0 a threat to representative democracy? A deliberation through the Australian carbon tax debate, in ICEG 2011 : Government transformation: Agenda for e-Gov 2.0 : E-Governance Policies and Practices, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi, India, pp. 157-169.
The influence of social media is intensifying in global societies. As the technologies become cheaper and the acceptance of Web 2.0 becomes widespread, the power of social media on citizens, particularly the integrated influence of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs cannot be underestimated. In this paper, we attempt a deliberation through the lens of carbon tax debate in Australia where the influence of social media has perhaps begun to portend the role of elected representation in this representative democracy.
ISBN
9789381361429
Language
eng
Field of Research
080611 Information Systems Theory
Socio Economic Objective
970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences
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