从参加到合作，数字化参与氛围不断提升（英文）

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1、EvolvingDigitalEngagementFromParticipationtoPartnershipDrAndyWilliamsonFutureDigitalJUNE2012SouthChinaNormalUniversity(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/28DownloadIntroductionTheinternettransformsusfrompassivereceiversofgoods,servicesandinformationtoactivecreatorsofcontent.T

2、hischangesthefocusandbalanceofpowerinrelationships.Itcausesustoreconstructwhatwemeanbydemocracyandpoliticstoo.Let’sputthisincontext:Wedon’tlikepolitics.Welikepoliticiansevenless.Andit’sbeengettingworseforalongtime:Trustinpoliticiansislowandfalling:Only30%ofBrito

3、nsbelievenationalpoliticsandgovernmentworkswell;Only30%believethatgettinginvolvedindemocracycanmakeadifferencetotheirlives;and127%aresatisfiedwithwhatParliamentdoes.ThesestatisticsareaclearanddamningindictmentoftrustandthegapbetweendemocraticsystemsandBritishso

4、ciety.And,giveortake,theyarerepeatedaroundthedevelopedworld.Whenoverthreequartersofusaredissatisfiedwiththekeytenetsofourdemocraticheritagethereisclearlyaproblemofconfidenceindemocracyitself.Contrastthiswiththemorethan30millionFacebookusersintheUKandover900millio

5、nworldwide.IfFacebookwereacountry,itwouldbethirdlargestintermsofpopulation.Morethanhalfof2allmembers(483million)areactiveonadailybasisandFacebookstatusesget2.7billion‘likes’perday.Therearealso465milliontwitteraccounts,70millionWordpressblogsand393millionTumbrblog

6、s.Thedirectionoftravelseemsclear.AContextforEngagementDespiteaninternet-drivensocialandinformationrevolution,ourdemocraticsystemshaveremainedentrenchedinthetraditionalagendasofanincreasinglyalienparty-politicalandideologicallypolarisedpast.Modelsofdemocraticengag

7、ementtraditionallypositionedgovernmentasthedriverandcitizensasrecipients,unable(andunqualified)toparticipateinthedesignofsuchsystems.Yettheuseoftheinternetbycitizensandcivilsocietygroupsdemonstratestimeandagainthatthismodelisnolongereffective,appropriateoraccepta

8、ble.Theinternetbroadenstheopportunitiesfordemocraticengagementbeyondtheold-worldfortressesofpowertoencompassincreaseddiversity,widerparticipationandmoredeliber