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The political realm has been a touchstone for the hopes for the transformative power of the Internet in promoting democracy, enabling better-informed debate, and in promoting better governance through transparency.  Do the anecdotes of progress and YouTube videos tracking bumbling politicians suggest that a revolution is underway, or just a new venue for attack ads and misinformation campaigns? 

 
== Readings ==

* John Palfrey - Blog Post: [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2004/12/10/working-hypothesis-v20/ The Internet's Effect on Politics: A Working Hypothesis,  v2.0 (2004)]

* Marshall Ganz - [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/2008/12/internetandpolitics/ganz Building Collective Capacity: New Forms of Political Organizing] (video)

* Jeremy Bird - [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/2008/12/internetandpolitics/bird Building Collective Capacity: New Forms of Political Organizing] (video)

* Steven Johnson - [http://extremedemocracy.com/chapters/Chapter%20Six-Emergence.pdf "Two Ways to Emerge, and How to Tell the Difference Between Them" from Extreme Democracy]

== Additional Resources ==
* [http://www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html Clay Shirky's Powerlaw paper]

* [http://www.beyondbroadcast.net/wiki07/index.php?title=Local_Up_Working_Group_Notes Great working group notes on local action]

* [http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21956_Reuters_Doctoring_Photos_from_Beirut&only Doctored photos from Beirut]

* [http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/115265 Tools and Resources for Democracy Building and Civic Engagement]

* Joi Ito - [http://joi.ito.com/static/emergentdemocracy.html Emergent Democracy]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotic_democracy Wikipedia: Semiotic Democracy]

* John Palfrey - [http://media-cyber.law.harvard.edu/Beyond%20Broadcast%202007/03-sotu_john_palfrey.mov The State of the Union: Politics and the Internet] (video) 

* Cass R. Sunstein [http://www.bostonreview.net/BR26.3/sunstein.html The Daily We - Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy?]

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