Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere 23
5. 2. Open Democracy and Digital Technologies 62
6. 3. Purpose- Built Digital Associations 90
7. 4. Digital Exclusion: A Politics of Refusal 113
8. 5. Presence of Absence: Exploring the Democratic Signifi cance of Silence 141
9. 6. The Artisan and the Decision Factory: The Organizational Dynamics of Private Speech Governance 167
10. 7. The Democratic Consequences of the New Public Sphere 191
11. 8. Democratic Societal Collaboration in a Whitewater World 219
12. 9. From Philanthropy to Democracy: Rethinking Governance and Funding of High- Quality News in the Digital Age 241
13. 10. Technologizing Democracy or Democratizing Technology? A Layered- Architecture Perspective on Potentials and Challenges 274