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Public Group active 4 months, 2 weeks agoGroup for students taking ASTU 400F (Democracy and Development in the Age of the Internet). The course website can be found here: http://blogs.ubc.ca/astu400f/
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Andre started the forum topic Introductions in the group
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Let us all know who you are and why you’re taking this course!
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andremalan posted an update in the group
A space for us to chat about course-related stuff.
Robert Dahl’s criteria for a democratic process:
1. Effective participation
2. Voting equality
3. Enlightened understanding
4. Control of the agenda
5. Inclusion of all adultsMore definitions from class on Tuesday
”Public Sphere”
Infomation that is free of significant barriers to entry and generally accessible to the public.”Media”
A platform for communicating, transporting and storing information”New Media”
-interactive/participatory
-networked
-multimedia
