Can social media make more democracy for everybody?

Can Social Media Make More Democracy For Everybody?

Personal Democracy Forum | Barcelona 2010Lene Pettersen

User participation with social collaboration tools follows the power law. 80% of content is created by 20% of participants

http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/1/who-the-hell-writes-wikipedia-anyway

“(…) while technically open, (…) potentially dominated by a small group of users”Alexandra S. Dunn in her masters thesis Locked out <Linked In> 2010

http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/andre/dunn.html

Tara Brabazon

“Web 2.0 increases the online opportunities and applications for those already online, while ignoring those still excluded from Web 1.0”Tara Brabazon

http://www.popularculturecollective.com/revolutionwillnotbedownloaded

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Just because social media is a democraticcommunication platform per se, it doesn’tcome with a guarantee for either engaging orreaching all citizens

“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect”

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Thank you!lene.pettersen@bi.no