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1. Digital democracy

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For contemporary societies, digital democracy provides a key concept that denotes, in our understanding, the relationship between collective self-government and mediating digital infrastructures. New forms of digital engagement that go hand in hand with organisational reforms are re-intermediating established democratic settings in open-ended ways that defy linear narratives of demise or renewal. As a first approach, we trace the history of digital democracy against the background of its specific media constellations, describing continuities and discontinuities in the interplay of technological change and aspirations for democratisation. Thereafter, we critically review theoretical premises concerning the role of technology and how they vary in the way the concept of digital democracy is deployed. In four domains, we show the contingent political conditions under which the relationship between forms of democratic self-determination and its mediating digital infrastructures evolve. One lesson to learn from these four domains is that democratic self-governance is a profoundly mediated project whose institutions and practices are constantly in flux.

Berg, Sebastian; Hofmann, Jeanette;
2021
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 10 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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2. Towards platform observability

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The growing power of digital platforms raises the question of democratic control or at least containment. In light of the transforming impact of platforms on markets, the public sphere, elections, and employment conditions, governments, and civil society alike are demanding more transparency and accountability. Shedding light on the principles and practices of algorithmic ordering promises to limit the power of platforms by subjecting their hidden operations to regulatory inspection. This article questions the popular image of an openable 'black box'. Based on a critical reflection on transparency as a panacea for curtailing platform power, we propose the concept of observability to deal more systematically with the problem of studying complex algorithmic systems. We set out three broad principles as regulatory guidelines for making platforms more accountable. These principles concern the normative and analytical scope, the empirical and temporal dimension, and the necessary capacities for learning and knowledge generation.

Rieder, Bernhard; Hofmann, Jeanette;
2020
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 31 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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3. Democracia Digital

Berg, Sebastian; Hofmann, Jeanette;
2022
Type: Article;
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4. Digital democracy

Berg, Sebastian; Hofmann, Jeanette;
2021
Type: Article;
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Citations: 10 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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5. Digitalisierung und Demokratie

Buchmann, Johannes; Hofmann, Jeanette; Simon, Judith; Anderl, Reiner; André, Elisabeth; Bäcker, Matthias; Breiter, Andreas; Dienlin, Tobias; Faas, Thorsten; Hepp, Andreas; Hertiwig, Ralph; Herzog, Lisa; Kreuter, Frauke; Lamla, Jörn; Lengauer, Thomas; Löw, Martina; Pfetsch, Barbara; Spieker, Indra; Zürn, Michael;
2021
Type: Research Report;
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6. Between coordination and regulation : finding the governance in Internet governance

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Following recent theoretical contributions, this article suggests a new approach to finding the governance in Internet governance. Studies on Internet governance rely on contradictory notions of governance. The common understanding of governance as some form of deliberate steering or regulation clashes with equally common definitions of Internet governance as distributed modes of ordering. Drawing on controversies in the broader field of governance and regulation studies, we propose to resolve this conceptual conundrum by grounding governance in mundane activities of coordination. We define governance as reflexive coordination - focusing on those "critical moments", when routine activities become problematic and need to be revised, thus, when regular coordination itself requires coordination. Regulation, in turn, can be understood as targeted public or private interventions aiming to influence the behaviour of others. With this distinction between governance and regulation, we offer a conceptual framework for empirical studies of doing Internet governance.

Hofmann, Jeanette; Katzenbach, Christian; Gollatz, Kirsten;
2017
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Citations: 61 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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7. The Berlin Gedankenexperiment on the restructuring of copyright law and author's rights : creators, exploiters, non-commercial Users,intermediaries

Kreutzer, Till; Christiansen, Per; Gehlen, Dirk von; Hofmann, Jeanette; Klimpel, Paul; Köklü, Kaya; Otto, Philipp; Schindler, Mathias; Wattig, Leander; Renner, Tim;
2016
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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8. Entstehung von Politikfeldern : vergleichende Perspektiven und Theoretisierung : Ergebnisse des Workshops am 25. November 2015

Bergemann, Benjamin; Hofmann, Jeanette; Hösl, Maximilian; Irgmaier, Florian; Kniep, Ronja; Pohle, Julia;
2016
Type: Sammelwerk; Collection of articles of several authors; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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9. Corona-Tracking als Spiegel politischer Strategien

Hofmann, Jeanette;
2020
Type: Research Report;
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10. Digital Tracking as a Political Program

Hofmann, Jeanette;
2020
Type: Research Report;
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