Demoxie: Reflections on Digital Democracy in Dave Eggers’ Novel The Circle
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Demoxie : Reflections on Digital Democracy in Dave Eggers’ Novel The Circle. / Maurer, Kathrin; Rostbøll, Christian F.
I: First Monday, Bind 25, Nr. 5, 04.05.2020.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Demoxie
T2 - Reflections on Digital Democracy in Dave Eggers’ Novel The Circle
AU - Maurer, Kathrin
AU - Rostbøll, Christian F.
PY - 2020/5/4
Y1 - 2020/5/4
N2 - The Circle is a novel written by the American author Dave Eggers (2013), and it tells the story about a powerful Internet company that works with highly developed surveillance technologies to monitor workers as well as the local and global community. In discussions and research this novel often has been seen in the tradition of a dystopic and totalitarian view of society as we know from Orwell’s 1984 or Huxleys Brave New World. However, this article critically investigates a vision of democracy that is suggested in The Circle. Circlers call this political model “demoxie”, which embraces the idea that everybody who has a Circle account is also a registered voter. That means, the voter directly votes on issues via his or her Internet platform (such as decisions on healthcare, company policies, as well as international politics issues). Based on this work of fiction as well as recent discussions about cyber democracy, this article opens up a discussion about the benefits and risks of Internet technologies and democracy.
AB - The Circle is a novel written by the American author Dave Eggers (2013), and it tells the story about a powerful Internet company that works with highly developed surveillance technologies to monitor workers as well as the local and global community. In discussions and research this novel often has been seen in the tradition of a dystopic and totalitarian view of society as we know from Orwell’s 1984 or Huxleys Brave New World. However, this article critically investigates a vision of democracy that is suggested in The Circle. Circlers call this political model “demoxie”, which embraces the idea that everybody who has a Circle account is also a registered voter. That means, the voter directly votes on issues via his or her Internet platform (such as decisions on healthcare, company policies, as well as international politics issues). Based on this work of fiction as well as recent discussions about cyber democracy, this article opens up a discussion about the benefits and risks of Internet technologies and democracy.
U2 - 10.5210/fm.v25i5.10650
DO - 10.5210/fm.v25i5.10650
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
JO - First Monday
JF - First Monday
SN - 1396-0466
IS - 5
ER -
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