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What do we know about digital public debate? Technological affordances and democratic dilemmas Cover

What do we know about digital public debate? Technological affordances and democratic dilemmas

Nordicom Review
Volume 46 (2025): Issue s1 (May 2025)
By: Ib T. GulbrandsenORCID and  Sine N. JustORCID  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

Figures & Tables

Nordic studies of digital public debate that align with the six categories (N = 109)

Type of participationDirection of participation
Bottom-up (Agency shapes assemblage)Top-down (Assemblage shapes agency)
Human-centric4219
Issue-centric1720
Technology-centric74

Six patterns of participation in digital public debate

Type of participationDirection of participation
Bottom-up (Agency shapes assemblage)Top-down (Assemblage shapes agency)
Human-centricMundane citizenshipNegotiation of trust
Issue-centricConnective and affective organisationPost-truth mediation
Technology-centricPersonalised polarisationCritical infrastructure
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2025-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 148 - 174
Published on: Jun 18, 2025
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
affordances,
democracy,
digital public debate,
digital publics,
Nordic countries
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Public and political communication,
Mass communication

© 2025 Ib T. Gulbrandsen, Sine N. Just, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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