Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds.

Taylor-Smith, Ella

Abstract

Brian Loader and Dan Mercea rally a group of political/social/media scientists to shed light on social media and democracy. Is social media supporting transformations of democratic power or merely inspiring the latest round of cyber-utopian hype? Current developments in democracy are investigated, in recent Internet contexts, more or less in the context of social media.

Citation

Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds. Information Polity, 18, 93-96. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130298

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2013
• Deposit Date: May 27, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 31, 2013
• Print ISSN: 1570-1255
• Publisher: IOS Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Pages: 93-96
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130298
• Keywords: eParticipation; e-participation; eDemocracy; e-democracy; social media
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6070
• Contract Date: May 27, 2013