David Tamés writes:
... This year the conference focused more on the issue that now that we’ve seen this new participatory technology develop, what does it mean for citizenship and the public, juxtaposing it with participatory culture, and you get participatory democracy: can this reinvigorate the age old value of democracy? Is this a new opportunity? Does it cross boundaries? Public media and non-traditional media / commercial and non-commercial / fun and serious work. Does it have the potential to break new ground for working on political issues that are not inherently partisan? This is the hypothesis, and many attendees hope this is true and we there are some success stories to discuss and explore, some of which were discussed on the panels and demonstrated during the reception. ...
Link: Kino-Eye. He says this is part 1. I'll add links to his later posts on this below when he makes them. --Dennis
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