Title :
User-generated online video: The next public sphere?
Author :
Milliken, Mary C. ; Donnell, Susan O.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Abstract :
In this exploratory paper we examine the potential as well as the limitations of user-generated online video (UGOV) to facilitate political discourse between citizens within a dasiavirtualpsila public sphere. The potential of UGOV lies in the opportunities it presents to citizens for online self-expression and exchange that is open, accessible, compelling, unconstrained and unmediated. The limitations mirror those of the public sphere itself; they are closely related to the technological, socio-economic, geographic, ethnic, and age-related constraints on accessibility, as well as digital divides that have limited the democratic potential of the Internet as a whole.
Keywords :
Internet; video signal processing; Internet; digital divide; online self-expression; political discourse; user-generated online video; virtual public sphere; Assembly; Broadcasting; Councils; Cultural differences; Discussion forums; Internet; Mirrors; Potential well; Production; Protection;
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 2008. ISTAS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Fredericton, NB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1669-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1670-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.2008.4559781
