doi:10.2753/csp1097-1467350291QianshanZhangRoutledgeContemporary Chinese ThoughtQianshan, Zhang. "The Internet's Negative Impact on the Development of Democracy." Contemporary Chinese Thought 35, no. 2 (Winter 2003-2004): 91-99.
Convergence opportunities and factors influencing the use of internet and telephony by rural women in South Africa and India towards empowerment Access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can have dramatic impact on poverty alleviation for rural women and for achieving socio economic devel...
The potential of the internet has been recognised to enhance government initiated citizen communication. Despite limited experience so far, some lessons for designing online-participation have been learned: Ensuring the external and inte... S Roeder,A Poppenborg,S Michaelis,... - Springer Berlin Hei...
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. We’ve seen the consequences all across America and we’ve seen it before. “Mor...
Firstly, this paper addresses research about if and how the internet affects social life, including traditional notions of deliberation. Next, the authors argue that sociological studies of democratic participation require conceptualization of lived deliberation, and outline a Symbolic Interactionist approach...
China published a report on the state of democracy in the U.S., listing the deep-rooted problems within the U.S. system, including systemic racism, unfair social welfare distribution and its habit of using "democracy" as a pretext to intervene in the internal affairs of...
The Internet can considerably influence public psychological activities and behaviors. With the advent of “high-risk society”, various “gray rhinoceros” and “black swan” events have been reported on a large scale. A social risk amplification effect propagates through new network media and ...
Kamala Harris Was Poised to Crush the Women’s Vote. What Went Wrong?Kamala Harris Was Poised to Crush the Women’s Vote. What Went Wrong? Once Harris became the nominee, women voters surged behind her. But on Election Day, she won a smaller share of them than Biden did. This is how...
That is: Can democracy, or at least something like it, work on the internet? Other collaborative online projects—Wikipedia; Creative Commons licensing; crowdsourced scientific research— have demonstrated the internet's power to focus large forces of volunteers around shared projects. But social medi...
The findings of this study are as follows: (1) The utilization of the Internet yields a positive impact on the well-being of rural residents. (2) Social networks exhibit a significant positive influence on the well-being of rural residents; social solidarity demonstrates a significant negative ...