[p2p-research] Is Web 2.0 Really Democratic?

[Michel Bauwens]

Robin Good launches a
debate<http://www.masternewmedia.org/is_web_20_really_democratic/>on
this important topic, see
http://www.masternewmedia.org/is_web_20_really_democratic/

Here's the introduction:

"Web 2.0 has revolutionized the panorama of the information society: users
have become information producers and the new web platforms have become
relationship venues where new knowledge and ideas emerge. Also the new tools
of social networking, social tagging, wikis and blogs enable new forms of
social interaction, participation and cooperation. But…

** Is this participation really democratic?*

* Or is this a democracy paradox, where everyone can interact but the
decision making places are all outside the net?

* Is the horizontal leveling of internet communications really an instrument
of democracy?

* How would it be possible to transform these emotional and
communication-oriented extensions in a real space connected with the
physical world of true participation to decision-making?


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