E-Democracy, E-Participation
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
Within the curriculum of "Governo Digitale" (Digital Government), the Course will provide the students with a global picture of concepts, methods and technological tools, as well as the practices that are important, from different points of views (information, consultation, policy making involvement), in favourising citizens participation to government activities and new form of democracy in the digital era. On one side, the Course will analyse the impact of the new technologies on the society as a whole (economy, culture, health, etc.) and, because of that, on the political and institutional system. On the other side, the Course will study thoroughly the problem if the digital democracy could strengthen the representative democracy or if they are in conflict relations. The Course is oriented to support the first hypothesis (strengthening) and will demostrate it on academic basis.
Expected learning outcomes
The course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of the phenomenon characterising the contemporary world, that is the imposing presence of new technologies. This knowledge should allow the understanding of the future consequences in the evolution of the modern democracies. As a result the students should be able to feel actors and not onlookers of the events in progress in this field.
Lesson period: First trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
First trimester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for academic year 2021/22 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation
Course syllabus
Intangible relationships
- mediation tools for intangible relations
- The e-substitution
- Big data
- the internet of things
- the cyber domain
- the AI
- case study: would it be possible (and democratic) to set up pension reform through artificial intelligence?
- civic technology
- the prosumers and Rifkin's vision
- digital transition policies in Italy
- case study: net neutrality
- the governance of the smart territory: smart city projects through AI
The shift in the "demand" for democracy: aggregation on "weak ties"
- the dilution of the demand for digital democracy
- the crisis of intermediaries engaged in dialogue with institutional decision-makers
- democracy and post democracy: moving the debate into the digital arena
- hyper leader: Black Lives Matter and the case of the Arab Spring
- volatility of links in the network
- online campaigning
The shift in the offer of democracy
- digital and cognitive bias
- young people and cyber information
- post-truth and digital democracy: the position of Franca Dagostini
- digital post-truth and post-journalism: the Hulk Hogan case
- the position of Thomas L. Friedman
- the use of predictive algorithms to model pressure and persuasion strategies
- the offer of online democracies: institutional platforms
- the public debate in infrastructures
- the European platform Futurium, We the people, vTaiwan and ParteciPa
- case study: online mobilization on plastic free
e-democracy, and e-Government
- Public open data
- access and reuse of public data
- the rules of the CAD
- The Golden Power on enabled platforms
- participatory PPPs
- the Crowdlaw
- the use of the blockchain
- Governance of the Golden power
- algorithmic governance before the Italian judge
Participation and digital
- the virtualization of civic protest
- the FOIA
- the European Transparency Register
- Information, internet and digital information power
- digital antibodies
- the filter bubble
- the new EU action against false information
- case study: the digital governance of the covid 19 epidemic
- cyber risks on democracy: analytical Cambridge
- laboratory: case 5 G
- laboratory: we design a smart city together by leveraging e-participation
The forms of manifestation of e-democracy
- digital participatory rights
- the right to use telematic technologies
- the use of services in digital mode
- the right to use telematic technologies in relations with public administrations
- smart contracts
The node of the enabled platforms and their access as an essential guarantee of e democracy and e participation
- special powers as forms of E Government
- 5 G as the IOT platform
- cyber security
- the future of digital democracy
- mediation tools for intangible relations
- The e-substitution
- Big data
- the internet of things
- the cyber domain
- the AI
- case study: would it be possible (and democratic) to set up pension reform through artificial intelligence?
- civic technology
- the prosumers and Rifkin's vision
- digital transition policies in Italy
- case study: net neutrality
- the governance of the smart territory: smart city projects through AI
The shift in the "demand" for democracy: aggregation on "weak ties"
- the dilution of the demand for digital democracy
- the crisis of intermediaries engaged in dialogue with institutional decision-makers
- democracy and post democracy: moving the debate into the digital arena
- hyper leader: Black Lives Matter and the case of the Arab Spring
- volatility of links in the network
- online campaigning
The shift in the offer of democracy
- digital and cognitive bias
- young people and cyber information
- post-truth and digital democracy: the position of Franca Dagostini
- digital post-truth and post-journalism: the Hulk Hogan case
- the position of Thomas L. Friedman
- the use of predictive algorithms to model pressure and persuasion strategies
- the offer of online democracies: institutional platforms
- the public debate in infrastructures
- the European platform Futurium, We the people, vTaiwan and ParteciPa
- case study: online mobilization on plastic free
e-democracy, and e-Government
- Public open data
- access and reuse of public data
- the rules of the CAD
- The Golden Power on enabled platforms
- participatory PPPs
- the Crowdlaw
- the use of the blockchain
- Governance of the Golden power
- algorithmic governance before the Italian judge
Participation and digital
- the virtualization of civic protest
- the FOIA
- the European Transparency Register
- Information, internet and digital information power
- digital antibodies
- the filter bubble
- the new EU action against false information
- case study: the digital governance of the covid 19 epidemic
- cyber risks on democracy: analytical Cambridge
- laboratory: case 5 G
- laboratory: we design a smart city together by leveraging e-participation
The forms of manifestation of e-democracy
- digital participatory rights
- the right to use telematic technologies
- the use of services in digital mode
- the right to use telematic technologies in relations with public administrations
- smart contracts
The node of the enabled platforms and their access as an essential guarantee of e democracy and e participation
- special powers as forms of E Government
- 5 G as the IOT platform
- cyber security
- the future of digital democracy
Prerequisites for admission
Knowledge of Italian language. No other specific qualifications are requested.
Teaching methods
Forum online, debates proposed by the teacher during lessons, participation to experts seminar, report presentation on specific issues.
Teaching Resources
For attending students, the study materials will be provided by the teacher during the Course.
For not-attending students, the texts to be studied are:
G. Vilella, eDemocracy. Dove ci prta la democrazia digitale, Pendragon, Bologna, 2020
D. Ielo, L'Agenda digitale: dalle parole ai fatti. G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino (capitoli 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12)
For not-attending students, the texts to be studied are:
G. Vilella, eDemocracy. Dove ci prta la democrazia digitale, Pendragon, Bologna, 2020
D. Ielo, L'Agenda digitale: dalle parole ai fatti. G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino (capitoli 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12)
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final evaluation note is done by the teacher on the basis of the participation at the debate (Forum, lessons, seminars) and of the presentations that will be done during the course.
For not attending students, the evaluation is done on the basis of a traditional oral exam.
For not attending students, the evaluation is done on the basis of a traditional oral exam.
SPS/04 - POLITICAL SCIENCE - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Ielo Domenico