Description
In this dissertation, I study large-scale civic conversations where technology extends the range of “discourse visibility” beyond what human eyes and ears can meaningfully process without technical assistance. Analyzing government documents on digital innovation in government, emerging data activism practices, and large-scale civic conversations on social media, I advance a rhetoric for productively listening to democratic discourse as it is practiced in 2016. I propose practical strategies for how various governments—from the local to the United Nations international climate talks—might appropriately use technical interventions to assist civic dialogues and make civic decisions. Acknowledging that we must not lose the value that comes from face-to-face civic deliberation, I suggest practical pathways for how and when to use technology to increase democratic engagement from all stakeholders.
Details
Title
- Digitally mediated listening in contemporary democracy
Contributors
- Sutherland, Alison (Author)
- Adamson, Joni (Thesis advisor)
- Long, Elenore (Committee member)
- Simeone, Michael (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2016
Subjects
- Rhetoric
- technical communication
- Public Administration
- Democracy
- digital rhetoric
- Open Data
- Open Government
- public discourse
- Social Media
- Technological innovations--Political aspects.
- Technological innovations
- Digital communications--Political aspects.
- Digital communications
- Political participation--Technological innovations.
- Political participation
- Transparency in government--Technological innovations.
- Transparency in government
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Note
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thesisPartial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2016
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bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 140-143)
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Field of study: English
Citation and reuse
Statement of Responsibility
by Alison Sutherland