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Mediation and Democracy

Democracy
Governance
Media
P202

Building: Maths, Floor: 5, Room: 516

Thursday 11:00 - 12:40 BST (04/09/2014)

Abstract

This panel is on mediation and democracy. Papers in this panel will specifically address the themes discussed in Professor John Keane's book Democracy and Media Decadence (2013, Cambridge University Press). In a time where communicative abundance has produced cyber-citizens, e-democracy, and the unparalleled scrutiny of arbitrary power, have we accidentally created our anti-thesis? Does media decadence for example lead to the silencing of the citizenry? Does it allow for the concentration of vast illegitimate power? And do new modes of surveillance override any democratic gains achieved through communicative abundance?

Title Details
Populism in the Age of Communicative Abundance View Paper Details
Articulations of How OECD States Mediate Citizenship: A Comparative Account View Paper Details
What Makes for a Critical Media in Turkey? View Paper Details