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Date: Class 4, Feb. 20
Students Presenting: (4-6 people) --Kgarrett 11:09, 13 February 2007 (EST)
The Question
"Resolved: The Internet enables citizens to have a greater voice in politics and is, on balance, already a tremendous force for strengthening participatory democracies around the world." The students on both sides of this debate should use one or more explicit examples of the use of Internet in a campaign (issue or candidacy) to buttress their argument.
Case study: Global Voices.
As we look outside the United States, the impact of the Internet on politics may be more transformative than it is here. The Global Voices project offers a window into this possibility in dozens of states around the world that are not extensively covered by the mainstream media. What can we learn by broadening the frame to a global viewpoint, incorporating the experiences we observe in the developing world?