The life and death of democracy in the networked society

John Keane, has produced something of a landmark text – its scope defies imagination. Taking us through the myriad journeys democracy has undertaken to exist in its present form – Keane also recognises how networked communication puts us within in a context that is unprecedented.

My interest in his work, is that communication technologies are political and can be wielded with great power – Politics as a consequence has become viral, even visceral, which implies that traditional frameworks of governance have become somewhat outdated, and ineffectual. Therefore Keane concludes, in the age of networked communications, combined with organisations that are constantly monitoring the motives and actions of various powerful parties, ‘combine into something of a Gestalt switch’ which makes us think differently about how we perceive power and who wields it’. And what does that mean for Britain? Here are a few thoughts.

Here he introduces us to The Life and Death of Democracy.

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