Internet and political participation in democratic societies

Authors

  • Wilson Gomes Universidade Federal da Bahia

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2005.27.3323

Keywords:

Political participation, internet, political communication

Abstract

This article deals with the most recent literature devoted to the political effects of Internet and, very specially, to the issue of citizen’s participation in the policy sphere. Its main purpose is the examination of one hypothesis according to which the Internet is frequently defined as a communicational environment that would transform the present withdrawal of masses from political participation.

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Author Biography

Wilson Gomes, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Wilson Gomes (1963) é professor Titutar de Teoria da Comunicação na Universidade Federal da Bahia, pesquisador e orientador no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Cultura Contemporâneas daquela universidade. É graduado, mestre e doutor em Filosofia (Universitas a Scte. Thomae, Roma) e graduado em Teologia (Universitas Gregoriana, Roma). Doutorou-se em 1988 com uma tese sobre a idéia de construção da realidade no Idealismo Alemão, na Fenomenologia e na Hermenêutica. Em 1998, realizou estágio pós-doutoral em Cinema na Universidade de São Paulo. 

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2008-04-13

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Gomes, W. (2008). Internet and political participation in democratic societies. Revista FAMECOS, 12(27), 58–78. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2005.27.3323

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Vol. 12 No. 27 (2005)

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Digital communication

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