The design of digital democracy / Gianluca Sgueo.
2023
JF799.5
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Title
The design of digital democracy / Gianluca Sgueo.
Author
Sgueo, Gianluca, author.
ISBN
9783031369469 (electronic bk.)
3031369467 (electronic bk.)
9783031369452
3031369459
3031369467 (electronic bk.)
9783031369452
3031369459
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 128 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-36946-9 doi
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JF799.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.02854678
Summary
Ever-stronger ties between technology, entertainment and design are transforming our relationship with democratic decision-making. When we are online, or when we use digital products and services, we tend to focus more on certain factors like speed of service and user-friendliness, and to overlook the costs -- both for ourselves and others. As a result, a widening gap separates our expectations of everything related to digitalization -- including government -- and the actual practice of democratic governance. Democratic regulators, unable to meet citizens' demands for tangible, fast and gratifying returns, are seeing the poorest results ever recorded in terms of interest, engagement and retention, despite using the most cutting-edge technologies. This book explores various aspects of the relationship between democracy, technology and entertainment. These include, on the one hand, the role that digital technology has in strengthening our collective intelligence, nurturing empathic relations between citizens and democratic institutions, and supporting processes of political aggregation, deliberation and collaboration. On the other hand, they comprise the challenges accompanying digital technology for representation, transparency and inclusivity in democratic decision-making. The book's main argument is that digital democratic spaces should be redesigned to narrow the gap between the expectations and outcomes of democratic decision-making. It suggests abandoning the notion of digital participatory rights as being fast and easy to enjoy. It also refutes the notion that digital democratic decision-making can only be effective when it delivers rapid and successful responses to the issues of the day, regardless of their complexity.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 21, 2023).
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Springer textbooks in law, 2510-0009
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introductory remarks. When did we start caring about digital aesthetics?
Chapter 2. The Aesthetics of Consumer Tech
Chapter 3. Digital aesthetics in the public sphere
Chapter 4. The digital undemocratic: dazzling expectations vs disappointing outcomes
Chapter 5. Re-conceptualizing the aesthetics of digital democracy.
Chapter 2. The Aesthetics of Consumer Tech
Chapter 3. Digital aesthetics in the public sphere
Chapter 4. The digital undemocratic: dazzling expectations vs disappointing outcomes
Chapter 5. Re-conceptualizing the aesthetics of digital democracy.