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1. Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere
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Citizens are in danger of losing the critical-reflective abilities required to exercise public self-governance in a democratic society.
“While democratic institutions and structures may still be present in the polis, the citizens populating it are in danger of losing the critical-reflective abilities required to exercise public self-governance in a democratic society (Cohen & Fung, 2021;Crouch, 2004;Dryzek et al., 2019).”
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Such systems can corrupt independent thinking.
“Beyond intruding on people's privacy and eroding their social and political autonomy, such systems can corrupt independent thinking.”
From Organized Immaturity in a Post-Kantian Perspective: Toward a critical theory of surveillance capitalism (2023) · cites this paper as Cohen & Fung, 2021
In a digital society, establishing and maintaining Habermasian principles require specific, additional effort from the state, the media, businesses and ICT firms in particular, NGOs, and social movements working together as key role players in complex cross-sector governance networks.
“In a digital society, establishing and maintaining these principles require specific, additional effort from the state, the media, businesses and ICT firms in particular, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movementsall working together as key role players in complex cross-sector governance networks (Cohen & Fung, 2021;Scherer et al., 2023).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cohen, J., & Fung, A.
- Venue
- Digital Technology and Democratic Theory
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 23-61
- OpenAlex
- W4285525298
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 47.97
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › E-Government and Public Services
- Keywords
- democracy, digital public sphere, digital media, public opinion, political participation
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