scholarly journals Digital Political Participation and the Digital Divide: Insights from the Cambodia Case

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-86
Author(s):  
Marc Pinol Rovira
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide

The Digital Divide, Political Participation, and Place

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dari E. Sylvester ◽  
Adam J. McGlynn
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide

Empowering and Disempowering Aspects of New Media Networking and Digital Democracy

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Hacker ◽  
Eric L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Power Law Distribution ◽  
Digital Democracy ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between new media networking (NMN) and political participation continues to develop in complex ways. In light of evidence pointing to increased political participation through NMN, the structures of the networks people engage continue to exhibit both empowering and disempowering aspects. While some gaps associated with the Digital Divide are closing, others are opening. This essay utilizes network theory and power law distribution to further understand new media networks. The article concludes that there are inherent inequalities in new media networks, the inequalities can be addressed through public policy, and that they are made relevant through narratives of optimistic but realistic, progress.

Digital Disempowerment

2011 ◽  
pp. 112-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Hacker ◽  
Shana M. Mason ◽  
Eric L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Structural Inequalities

The digital divide involves fundamental ethics issues concerning how democracy and democratization are related to computer-mediated communication (CMC) and its role in political communication. As the roles of CMC/ICT systems expand in political communication, existing digital divide gaps are likely to contribute to structural inequalities in political participation. These inequalities work against democracy and political empowerment and produce social injustices at the same time as they produce expanded opportunities of political participation. Our guiding premise is that CMC/ICT policies that minimize inequalities of access, usage, and participation are more ethical than policies that neglect the democratization of new communication technologies and networks.

Digital Disempowerment in a Network Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 138-152
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Hacker ◽  
Shana M. Mason ◽  
Eric L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Computer Mediated

The objective of this article is to examine how the inequalities of participation in network society governmental systems affect the extent that individuals are empowered or disempowered within those systems. By using published data in conjunction with theories of communication, a critical secondary data analysis was conducted. This critical analysis argues that the Digital Divide involves issues concerning how democracy and democratization are related to computer-mediated communication (CMC) and its role in political communication. As the roles of CMC/ICT systems expand in political communication, existing Digital Divide gaps are likely to contribute to structural inequalities in political participation. These inequalities work against democracy and political empowerment for some people, while at the same time producing expanded opportunities of political participation for others. This raises concerns about who benefits the most from electronic government in emerging network societies.

Digital Disempowerment in a Network Society

2010 ◽  
pp. 909-924
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Hacker ◽  
Shana M. Mason ◽  
Eric L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Computer Mediated

The objective of this article is to examine how the inequalities of participation in network society governmental systems affect the extent that individuals are empowered or disempowered within those systems. By using published data in conjunction with theories of communication, a critical secondary data analysis was conducted. This critical analysis argues that the Digital Divide involves issues concerning how democracy and democratization are related to computer-mediated communication (CMC) and its role in political communication. As the roles of CMC/ICT systems expand in political communication, existing Digital Divide gaps are likely to contribute to structural inequalities in political participation. These inequalities work against democracy and political empowerment for some people, while at the same time producing expanded opportunities of political participation for others. This raises concerns about who benefits the most from electronic government in emerging network societies.

Digital Disempowerment in a Network Society

2009 ◽  
pp. 858-872
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Hacker ◽  
Shana M. Mason ◽  
Eric L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
Computer Mediated

The objective of this article is to examine how the inequalities of participation in network society governmental systems affect the extent that individuals are empowered or disempowered within those systems. By using published data in conjunction with theories of communication, a critical secondary data analysis was conducted. This critical analysis argues that the Digital Divide involves issues concerning how democracy and democratization are related to computer-mediated communication (CMC) and its role in political communication. As the roles of CMC/ICT systems expand in political communication, existing Digital Divide gaps are likely to contribute to structural inequalities in political participation. These inequalities work against democracy and political empowerment for some people, while at the same time producing expanded opportunities of political participation for others. This raises concerns about who benefits the most from electronic government in emerging network societies.

scholarly journals Partisipasi Politik Online Generasi Z Pada Pemilihan Presiden Indonesia 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Heni Putri Yolanda ◽  
Umar Halim
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Online Participation ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Online Political Participation

The purpose of this study is to examine online political participation among Generation Z. Many previous studies have reviewed offline and onlie political participation. The offline participation is measured by conventional and non-conventional, while online participation has not been much studied in the form of dimensions. Then online participation in this study will be examined with the level of digital literacy from the concept of Digital Divide. The sample in this study amounted to 92 respondents from the students of the Faculty of Communication, University of Pancasila. Overall, results showed that online political participation in the form of instrumental and informative is mostly utilized by the majority of respondents. While the strategic participation were very few carried out by respondents (7.6% - 17.3%). The results of this study can also be concluded that participation in watching, reading and seeking political information is more done by generation Z compared to participation involving other people such as interacting and influencing people to choose certain candidates.

scholarly journals Mediated political participation and competing discourses of online civic engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Philip Oburu Onguny
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Digital Democracy ◽  
Information And Communication

This article focuses on the interconnections between mediated political participation and online citizen engagement. The objective is threefold. First, it examines whether the notion of digital democracy captures the dynamic and “renewed” sense of civic responsibility brought to bear by disruptive information and communication technologies (ICTs). Second, it asks the question of whether the creation, negotiation, dissemination, and consumption of online political content really rivals those circulated by the traditional or legacy media. Finally, the article discusses the potential pitfalls of confining technological use patterns to pessimist-optimist dichotomy, arguing that such characterization ignores innovative or adapted use patterns that emerge based on varying social, political, and economic realities. Overall, the discussions presented in this article are meant to generate conceptual discussions around the links between mediated political participation and online civic engagement, and how they inform democratization processes and redistribution of political influence.Keywords: Mediated politics, mediated political participation, digital democracy, mediated public sphere, ICTs, digital divide, online civic engagement, civic responsibility

Digital skills as a conditioning factor for digital political participation

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano De Marco ◽  
Jose Manuel Robles ◽  
Mirko Antino
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Beneficial Uses ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Demographic Background

AbstractWhile all forms of Internet activity have an impact on the lives of Internet users, some are particularly beneficial and allow people to improve their daily lives. One of such Internet use is Digital Political Participation (DDP). In this paper we seek to understand how the influence of digital skills on the adoption of Digital Political Participation practices may form the basis of a second level of digital divide and of a set of political inequalities. We operationalize the digital skills construct in terms of users’ Internet competence and level of appropriation. We hypothesize that digital skills have a significant influence on the adoption of beneficial uses of the Internet, such as DPP. At the same time, we examine whether digital skill levels are stratified by socio-demographic background, thereby generating political and social inequality. By looking at the Spanish case, we first tested the adequateness of the items chosen to measure these two dimensions. Second, we looked into sequences of multiple influences between socio-demographic variables and digital skills and between digital skills and DPP. The results show that socio demographic variables have an influence on digital skills. At the same time, digital skills have a strong influence on DPP.

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