FITUG e.V. Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft

Electronic Democracy October 23/24, 2000 - Venue: ZiF, Bielefeld

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Jura.tkr/veranstaltungen/E- Demokratie/aim.html

Electronic Democracy Civic Exchange in Cyberspace October 23/24, 2000 - Venue: ZiF, Bielefeld

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But what exactly are the possibilities of using the Internet to support political activities in the information society? Where in particular do the democratic potentials of the new communication technologies lie? Are we really heading towards a cyber democracy, the vision of the “electronic agora”? Or is the so called electronic democracy merely a complimentary phenomenon which will have little effect on the basic forms and structures of the conventional formation of a political will? Where can we identify the dangers of electronic democracy and administration, particularly when it comes to manipulation and control by governments and political elites? And how can the standards of data protection and authenticity be guaranteed?

The planned two-day conference is intended to find answers to these questions and inspire new ideas.

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