Abstract

This article proposes both a critique of the principal watersheds in philosophical interpretation of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and a political theory of social communication that is capable of comprehending the impact of such technologies on contemporary societies. The principal argument is that we are experiencing a political and intellectual struggle over the forms of appropriating electronic communications media, and that the search for democratization of these media requires a reformulation of some central principles in the political theory of social communication and its relationship to democratic theory.

Details

Title
Internet, democracy, and the Republic
Author
Eisenberg, Jose
First page
491
Publication year
2003
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, IESP
ISSN
00115258
e-ISSN
16784588
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1432851728
Copyright
Copyright Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, IESP 2003