Comments on: The limits of e-Democracy: Between Public and Mass http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/ assistant professor, suny oswego Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:14:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wird die Revolution mit Social Software aggregiert? - Teil 5 von 4 und Schluß at Adventures in German Social work http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Wird die Revolution mit Social Software aggregiert? - Teil 5 von 4 und Schluß at Adventures in German Social work Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:32:57 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/#comment-669 [...] – “Politicians and Web 2.0: the current bandwagon or changing the mindset?” [?]“Ullises Mejias (2004) – “The limits of e-Democracy: between public and mass” [?]siehe dazu: Wird die Revolution mit Social Software aggregiert? - Teil 3 von 4 - Die [...] [...] – “Politicians and Web 2.0: the current bandwagon or changing the mindset?” [?]“Ullises Mejias (2004) – “The limits of e-Democracy: between public and mass” [?]siehe dazu: Wird die Revolution mit Social Software aggregiert? – Teil 3 von 4 – Die [...]

]]> By: Mindlock http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mindlock Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:18:48 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/#comment-13 <strong>Collecting Comments on Internet Campaigns</strong> A lot of smart people are thinking deeply about the promise and perils of online political organizing and the lessons to be drawn from the Howard Dean experience. The commonality that I see is the idea of a disconnect between Collecting Comments on Internet Campaigns

A lot of smart people are thinking deeply about the promise and perils of online political organizing and the lessons to be drawn from the Howard Dean experience. The commonality that I see is the idea of a disconnect between

]]> By: Chris http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Chris Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:07:54 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/#comment-11 "-We need to acknowlege that tools that allow people to organize themselves are not as important as the agendas that people are supposed to pursue once they organize themselves... ... We need to acknowlege that getting information about the world is not as important as acting upon the world... " Herein lies one paradox and challenge for e-democracy. Setting agendas and leading active citizenry. As much as we idealize the notion of millions of citizens spontaneously organizing via the Internet and pushing for social and economic change, the relaity is that to be effective requires charismatic leaders, defined agenda, AND the tools to execute. Yes, the large protests against the war in Iraq were evidence that the Internet could help mobilize millions of individuals, but a small group of a few individuals had to lead and plan. eDemocracy will still require leadership, and will empower those who step forward (who can be any one of us at any time) to do more by organzing and educating more people, more quickly. “-We need to acknowlege that tools that allow people to organize themselves are not as important as the agendas that people are supposed to pursue once they organize themselves…

… We need to acknowlege that getting information about the world is not as important as acting upon the world… ”

Herein lies one paradox and challenge for e-democracy. Setting agendas and leading active citizenry. As much as we idealize the notion of millions of citizens spontaneously organizing via the Internet and pushing for social and economic change, the relaity is that to be effective requires charismatic leaders, defined agenda, AND the tools to execute.

Yes, the large protests against the war in Iraq were evidence that the Internet could help mobilize millions of individuals, but a small group of a few individuals had to lead and plan.

eDemocracy will still require leadership, and will empower those who step forward (who can be any one of us at any time) to do more by organzing and educating more people, more quickly.

]]> By: Lucas http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Lucas Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:25:51 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/#comment-10 "We need to acknowlege that getting information about the world is not as important as acting upon the world" This is untrue in-as-much as knowledge of the world implies an action, or remedy. “We need to acknowlege that getting information about the world is not as important as acting upon the world”

This is untrue in-as-much as knowledge of the world implies an action, or remedy.

]]> By: Many-to-Many http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Many-to-Many Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:01:24 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2004/01/27/the-limits-of-e-democracy-between-public-and-mass/#comment-12 <strong>Ideant on edemocracy</strong> Long, thoughtful musing over at ideant on the limits of edemocracy, especially as concerns the relationship between the public, as defined in politics, and the mass, as in ‘that which is reached by mass media’-We need to be aware of... Ideant on edemocracy

Long, thoughtful musing over at ideant on the limits of edemocracy, especially as concerns the relationship between the public, as defined in politics, and the mass, as in ‘that which is reached by mass media’-We need to be aware of…

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