Internet and democracy in the network society

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Origin and Mission of This Book -- The Claims of Digital Democracy Made in the Year 2000 and 17 Years After -- Pitfalls in Views of Technology for Politics -- The Social and Material Basis of Democracy -- The (Digital) Media Basis of Democracy -- General Digital Media Properties -- New Trends in Digital Media -- Network Properties -- Strategic Characteristics of Networks for Democracy -- Mental Effects and Media Routines Using Digital Media -- Structuration of Political Systems and Democracy -- Basic Views and Definitions -- Digital Democracy Definition -- Views of Democracy -- Network Society Definition -- Chapter Overview of the Book -- References -- 2 Network Properties and Democracy -- Introduction -- Properties of Network Hardware and Democracy -- A Central Exchange with Decentralized Terminals -- Physical Access and Inclusiveness -- Connectivity, Connectedness and Critical Mass -- Size and Density -- Centralization, Centrality and Symmetry -- Properties of Network Software and Democracy -- Standardization -- Peer-to-Peer Principle -- Datification and Big Data Analysis -- Programmability of Algorithms and the Power of 'Googlearchy' -- The Power Law and Concentration -- Properties of Network Content and Democracy -- User-Generated Content and the Limits of Attention -- Limits of Simultaneous and Equal Input -- Open and Closed Networking -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 3 Political Participation and Inclusion -- Introduction -- Online and Offline Forms of Political Participation -- The Nature and Level of Political Participation -- Individual and Collective Participation -- Claims and Caveats of Political Participation Research

Network properties and democracy -- Political participation and inclusion -- The reconstruction of public space in democracy -- Digital media and networking opportunities for depolarizing political discourse co-authored / by Ben Mollov, Bar-Ilan University, Israel -- From Arab spring to winter -- Making sense of China and digital democracy -- E-government and democracy