Open AccessCommunities, Learning and Democracy in the Digital Age
Author(s) -
Lynette Kvasny,
Nancy Kranich,
Jörge Reina Schement
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of community informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-4441
DOI - 10.15353/joci.v2i2.2090
Subject(s) - democracy , citizen journalism , participatory democracy , politics , context (archaeology) , sociology , public relations , political science , participatory design , knowledge management , internet privacy , computer science , world wide web , engineering , geography , archaeology , law , mechanical engineering , parallels
Access to information networks constitutes the essential tool for enabling citizens to participate in the economic, political, and social life of their communities; and, as such, forms the basis of participatory democracy. This paper presents and examines four components of access to telecommunications services: context, connectivity, capability, and content.