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Digital democracy: promises and illusions

La démocratie numérique : promesses et illusions

Democrazia digitale: promesse e illusioni

Internet neutrality, access to information, democracy formats

Neutralité de l’Internet, accès à l’information, formats de démocratie

Neutralità di Internet, accesso alle informazioni, formati di democrazia

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Published on Monday, January 08, 2024

Abstract

A stable and peaceful society is based on a solid and strong democracy. The democratic model is the future of any society that respects human rights.New information and communication technologies and the still poorly regulated advances in Artificial Intelligence have impacted not only all human activity, but have also contributed to reshaping the relationship with politics, citizen participation, political communication and politics, national and international. The purpose of this international conference is to question the phenomenon of electronic democracy not only from an instrumental point of view (e-voting tool), but to question the conditions of possibility and possible limits.

Announcement

15th April 2024

Argument

A stable and peaceful society is based on a solid and strong democracy. The democratic model is the future of any society that respects human rights.New information and communication technologies and the still poorly regulated advances in Artificial Intelligence have impacted not only all human activity, but have also contributed to reshaping the relationship with politics, citizen participation, political communication and politics. national and international.Digital democracy (or electronic, cyber, digital) is a political-social phenomenon which began to emerge around fifteen years ago in very diverse national contexts. Today, it is a tool that is used mainly for electoral expression intended for a fairly small number of citizens.The purpose of this international conference is to question the phenomenon of electronic democracy not only from an instrumental point of view (e-voting tool), but to question the conditions of possibility and possible limits.

An important distinction, prior to all the treatment of the subject which follows, is that between two English terms “digitization” and “digitalization”. The first concerns the process of converting something into its digital or digital form: this concerns information that is encoded into computer units. Digitalization refers, on the other hand, to a process, to the use of digital technologies to change an economic model, to access the digital paradigm, to make it a digital equivalent.This difference is substantial because it is not a question of converting democratic practices into their digital format, but of taking into consideration the fruit of a digitalization of the democratic process.Among the conditions to be analyzed, several critical points need to be reconsidered, the following list of which offers some avenues for reflection:- The notion of “public space” which has lost the characteristics described by J Habermas to become today a sort of mosaic of individual or associative spheres;- Access to information, its truthfulness, its verification, its production and dissemination. The proliferation of social media has led to the loss of the intermediation of traditional media, to a growing divide between opinions and individuals.- The so-called neutrality of the Internet, advocated in the 1960s by its founders, has been called into question and in danger as a result of the market for Internet access providers who can modulate our ability to transmit, receive and produce digital content.- The choice of digital tools at the basis of a digital democracy is able to condition democratic actions: blogs, electronic voting instruments, discussion platforms depend on the type of democratic debate and constitutional form chosen.- Representative democracy or direct democracy? What composition should a Parliament have to ensure one or the other?- The analysis of national case studies can shed light on the illusions, failures and good practices at work.We propose to open up reflection and debate to various academic skills (info-com, political sciences, philosophy, law, economics, sociology) and to invite participants to address both theoretical and practical questions (with analyzes comparative practices in different countries).The conference takes place in French and English, in person and remotely.  

Submission guidelines

Send your proposal before March 22, 2024

to the following address valentina.tirloni@univ-cotedazur.fr.

CRHIUniversité Côte d’Azur http://crhi-unice.fr/membres-statutaires/368-valentina-tirloni  

Scientific Committee

  • Paolo Bellini, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (Italie)
  • Thierry Ménissier, Chaire Éthique et IA (MIAI-Grenoble) (France)
  • Valentina Tirloni, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice (France)

Places

  • Campus Saint Jean d'Angély, 5 rue du 22ème BCA
    Nice, France (06300)

Event attendance modalities

Hybrid event (on site and online)


Date(s)

  • Friday, March 22, 2024

Keywords

  • démocratie numérique, information, fake news, e-vote, système politique, philosophie politique

Contact(s)

  • VALENTINA TIRLONI
    courriel : valentina [dot] tirloni [at] univ-cotedazur [dot] fr

Information source

  • VALENTINA TIRLONI
    courriel : valentina [dot] tirloni [at] univ-cotedazur [dot] fr

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Digital democracy: promises and illusions », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Monday, January 08, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/vjuq

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