7. Political Freedom Part 2: Emergence of the Networked Public Sphere
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Summary of the chapter
Overview
Basic Tools of Networked Communication
Networked Information Economy Meets the Public Sphere
Critiques of the Claims that the Internet Has Democratizing Effects
Is the Internet too Chaotic, Too Concentrated, or Neither?
On Power Law Distributions, Network Topology, and Being Heard
Who Will Play the Watchdog Function?
Using Networked Communication to Work Around Authoritarian Control
Toward a Networked Public Sphere
Sources
Sources cited in the chapter
Other relevant readings
Case Studies
Supporting examples
Counter-examples
Key Concepts