Media 113 - Politics and the Net

Last revised Sept. 4, 1996

Political Intrigue

Cast your post, or post your cast.
Until now, we've used regular WEB pages--a mostly one-(the power holder?)-to-many technology. What happens when the user can contribute and change the nature of a WEB page to become many-to-many? Who now holds the power?
To try it out, check the bottom of this page and add your comments, replies, URLs, html links etc. and make this a collaborative, democratizing page.
We Canadians tend to feel that our culture is being dominated and bombarded by the American culture. Can we use the WEB to pitch our culture against their invading one?
The Great Web Canadianizer G'day eh? And welcome to The Great Web Canadianizer eh? I got sick and tired of those American hosers messin' around with our Canadian identity and stuff eh? So I got me this computer machine and made myself this web hURLer that'll add some back bacon to the net! Beauty eh?
Suppose our economy were based not on product but on bright ideas. What would it look like?
Idea Futures This is a stock market for ideas. You buy and sell shares based on your opinion of the idea. The price reflects the likelihood of the conjecture based on the supply and demand of consensus.

Political Use of the Internet

A Politician

A City

A Political Party

Reform Party of Canada Home Page Hey! It's just an example, eh?

A Government

Government of Canada Contents

Democracy and Organizations

  • Political Participation Project The Political Participation Project is a research program investigating how computer networks can be used to facilitate political participation. The Project's mission is to design networked, interactive media that improve citizens' participation in the democratic process. The Project, affiliated with the Intelligent Information Infrastructure Project at MIT, is non-profit and non-partisan.
  • The Center for Democracy and Technology The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance constitutional civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and communications technologies.
  • Progress and Freedom FoundationThe Progress and Freedom Foundation: a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a positive vision of the future.
  • Digital Democracy Project "Not just another mock election project," by The Landmark Project. The Project's goal is to help students understand the election process and the impact of electronic communications on politics.
  • VOTELINK Home Page
  • Vote Smart Web
  • CCER National Budget Simulation Lets you attempt to balance the federal budget. From the Center for Community Economic Research at the University of California, Berkeley.
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