The role of civic technologies in the redefinition of the public sphere

  • José Manuel Sánchez Duarte Rey Juan Carlos University
  • María Victoria Bolaños Huertas Rey Juan Carlos University
  • Raúl Magallón Rosa Carlos III University of Madrid
  • Victoria Anderica Caffarena Ayuntamiento de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_HICS.2015.v20.n2.51396
Keywords: civic technologies, data activism, cyberactivism, public sphere, social networks.

Abstract

The shortcomings of representative democracy, expressed in terms of distance and disaffection with traditional political actors, have triggered the demand for new structures that are accessible to citizens and promote transparency and accountability in the exercise of power. Civic technologies, tools that are mainly driven by civil society organizations, aim to involve citizens in public decision-making processes. In the following article we reflect on the potential and limits of these technologies in a context of a dynamic public sphere with the aim of deepening the relationship between new media, social networks and civic technologies.
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2015-12-02
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Sánchez Duarte, J. M., Bolaños Huertas, M. V., Magallón Rosa, R., & Caffarena, V. A. (2015). The role of civic technologies in the redefinition of the public sphere. Historia Y Comunicación Social, 20(2), 483-498. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_HICS.2015.v20.n2.51396
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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015)
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