Wetenschappelijk artikel over deze lijst !

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Omdat ik toch even aan het rondsnuffelen was bij ISI/WOS/SCI (hetgeen
overigens staat voor 'Institute for Scientific Information'/'Web of
Science'/'Science Citayion Index' - jongens, wat sta ik met 110 refe-
renties voor een artikel er goed op), tikte ik ook maar eens 'D66' in.

Ik vond zowaar 26 artikelen waarvan het laatste ging over... deze lijst !
Hieronder de abstract van het stuk van Carlo Hageman. Die kunnen we dus
in onze zak steken... (de abstract dan).

De website in kwestie is:
   http://www.euricom.si/Pub902.html


Marc Fluks, Amsterdam
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Participation in and contents of two Dutch political party discussion lists
on the Internet
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Hagemann C
JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC 9 (2): 61-76 MAY 2002

This study examines two political discussion lists affiliated with the Dutch
political parties D66 and GroenLinks, and the possible contribution of these lists to
democracy. Discussion in a democracy, it is argued, should be deliberative: based on
rational argumentation, not monopolised by any particular individuals, and related to
public affairs. The aim of this study is to assess the deliberativeness of political
discussion lists on the Internet. To this end, the degree of contribution from
participants to the lists is measured. The findings from this study suggest that,
whereas the discussions on the lists as a whole were not monopolised by any
individual, both lists had only a small number of very frequent participants. The
contributions of members of this in-group were oriented towards one another. Opinions
were mainly expressed without argumentation, and when argumentation was given it was
predominantly based on common sense or on external sources such as newspapers or
teletext. These two discussion lists do not live up to the expectations of furthering
democracy. They may, however, eventually serve to fill the gap between the
institutionalised public discussion that exists within the party elite and the
uninstitutionalised, informal public discussion that transpires in other public and
private domains.

Addresses:
Hagemann C, Univ Nijmegen, Dept Commun, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Univ Nijmegen, Dept Commun, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Publisher:
EUROPEAN INST COMMUNICATION CULTURE, LJUBLJANA

IDS Number:
572LM

ISSN:
1318-3222

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