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100 1 _aSchneider, Nathan
245 1 0 _aGovernable spaces :
_bdemocratic design for online life
_cby Nathan Schneider
260 _aCalifornia :
_bUniversity of Califorina Press,
_c©2024
300 _a197 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aThis book Includes bibliographical references and an index.
505 0 _t-- Implicit feudalism : the origins of counter-democratic design
_t-- Homesteading on a superhighway: how the politics of no-politics aided an authoritarian revival
_t-- Democratic mediums : case studies in political imagination
_t-- Governable stacks : organizing against digital colonialism
_t-- Governable spaces : democracy as a policy strategy
_t-- Epilogue : metagovernance.
520 _a"When was the last time you participated in an election for a Facebook Group, or sat on a jury for a dispute in a subreddit? Platforms nudge users to tolerate nearly all-powerful admins, moderators, and "benevolent dictators for life." In Governable Spaces, Nathan Schneider argues that the internet has been plagued by a phenomenon he calls "implicit feudalism": a bias, both cultural and technical, for building communities as fiefdoms. The consequences of this arrangement matter far beyond online spaces themselves, as feudal defaults train us to give up on our communities' democratic potential, inclining us to be more tolerant of autocratic tech CEOs and authoritarian tendencies among politicians. But online spaces could be sites of a creative, radical, and democratic renaissance. Using media archaeology, political theory, and participant observation, Schneider shows how the internet can learn from governance legacies of the past to become a more democratic medium, responsive and inventive unlike anything that has come before"--
540 _aThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA) license. To view a copy of the license, visit
_uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses.
650 0 _aInternet governance.
650 0 _aOnline social networks
650 0 _aDemocracy.
650 0 _aFeudalism
650 0 _aSocial media and society.
700 1 _aMedić, Darija
_eillustrator
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