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SuccessfulOnline Participation
And how to (not) mess it up
Gefion Thuermer (MSc)University of Southampton, CDT Web Science
Lobbying the EU, Brussels, 11/12/2015
What am I talking about?Online Participation• What it is• Why it is great• Why it maybe isn‘t so easy• Why you should care• What you can do
Who am I and what am I doing here?• Cultural Sciences BA, Web Science MSc• PhD candidate at University of Southampton• Researching how political parties can use the web
to improve participation• Former Pirate Party Germany executive board
member
Who are you and what are you interested in?
What is online participation?
CC BY 2.0 - BotMultichillTCC-0CC-0
CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Foundation
CC BY 3.0 – Jason Tropp CC BY-SA 3.0 – John WIlkins
Why is online participation great?
Cost Scale
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Why is it not so easy?
Everyone is equal online!
CC BY-SA 3.0 – O Seo Messias
Not everyone.Using the web is a sign of privilege per se.
Who uses Social Media?
http://www.statista.com/statistics/430555/internet-twitter-usage-germany
Some Science on this• Halford & Savage
• Social inequalities are reproduced online
• Zhang• Disadvantaged groups do not have access to either
capitals needed for participation online
If you are disadvantaged offline, the web alone is not sufficient to change that
What is needed to participate?
Experience
Money (Access, Hardware)
Time (Leisure)
Skills (Education)
Literacy
Why should you care?
Diversity Equality
CC BY-SA 2.0 Scott Maxwell CC 0
What can you do?
https://plus.google.com/+ThibautDelp/posts/c47isxURfwN
How can online participation work?• Be aware of issues• Consider your participation goals• and your target group• Pick your tools right• Offer different routes• Engage & Support• Make it meaningful
Thank you!Questions?
References• Brock, A., Kvasny, L. & Hales, K., 2010. CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS OF
TECHNICAL CAPITAL. Information, Communication & Society, 13(7), pp.1040–1059.
• Dunne, K., 2010. Can Online Forums Address Political Disengagement for Local Government? Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 7(4), pp.300–317.
• Gil de Zúñiga, H. et al., 2010. Digital Democracy: Reimagining Pathways to Political Participation. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 7(1), pp.36–51.
• Halford, S. & Savage, M., 2010. RECONCEPTUALIZING DIGITAL SOCIAL INEQUALITY. Information, Communication & Society, 13(7), pp.937–955.
• Zhang, W., 2010. TECHNICAL CAPITAL AND PARTICIPATORY INEQUALITY IN EDELIBERATION. Information, Communication & Society, 13(7), pp.1019–1039.