At the Edge of Participation. How Research and Development is Promoting Civic Engagement and Enabling Collective Intelligence in the Global Majority The UNDP Accelerator Labs network uses research and development to foster civic engagement and collective intelligence through innovative participatory approaches across diverse contexts across the globe. This report examines 15 cases of innovation around civic engagement, finds that they cluster around three patterns—enabling voice, collaborative design, and spurring community organizing– and discusses the impact of inclusive, community-driven solutions on sustainable development challenges. The conclusions identify ongoing questions for future research.

15 cases of innovation in civic engagement from the Global South.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17360527

#innovation
#civicEngagement
#publicsphere

Coffee with latte art and a book about public sphere and democracy. Photo is in black and white.

The function of the public sphere is to ensure "the continued existence of the democratic political community" (p. 2).

#Habermas #Democracy #PublicSphere

Habermas, J. (2023), A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics.

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The #Philosopher Jürgen #Habermas is dead. His work on the #publicsphere is essential to understand why not only #TV and #Radio, but also #socialnetworks and #AI #Chatbots need to be regulated so as to ensure that they serve -and not undermine- #democracy and […]

Substack article on the paper 'Broadcasting for Democracy' https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/wxce3_v2

I am launching my Substack today, starting with the study I shared a few months ago.

The post on how we can restore trust in our digital democracy is live now
felixzajitschek.substack.com

#DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech #PublicSphere #TechPolicy #PoliticalScience

New blog post! ‘Life as an Endless Gig: How Platforms Turn Us into Performers,’ is an interview of Slavko Splichal, author of ‘The Gig Public.’ Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/fve7fxzy #AnthemPress #GigPublic #Publicness #DigitalPublic #NetworkedPublics #DigitalCivicLife #PublicSphere #EvolvingPublics #blog

Available now! Explores the rise of the ‘gig public’ in the age of performative publicness. Find out more ➡️ tinyurl.com/mtej3chw #AnthemPress #outnow #PublicSphere #CriticalTheory #DigitalCommunication #MediaStudies #PoliticalTheory #CivicEngagement #AIandSociety #newreads #UniversityofLjubljana

The challenge: Can we rebuild a common world w/o sincerity? Solutions may involve insulating comms from profit/power, leadership reinstating sincerity, or private/public space distinction. 🏛️ For now, we have much comms, but feel silent. #FutureOfCommunication #PublicSphere

Philo's Substack | Philo Sophies | Substack My personal Substack. Click to read Philo's Substack, by Philo Sophies, a Substack publication. Launched 19 minutes ago.

Welcome to my Substack – Between #philosophy, #science, and the #publicsphere

Thoughts, conversations, and analyses from
philosophies.de, #Zoomposium & #ScienceRelation

philosophies1.substack.com?r=4jdmwi&utm...

A News Revolution?: The Imperial Public Sphere and the Destabilization of the British Empire « History# « Cambridge Core Blog The news connects individuals and communities across space at certain moments in time. One need only think back to recent events like the Arab Spring, the Refugee Crisis, or COVID to find striking exa...

📣New HJ blog!

Joel Herman (@joelherman.bsky.social) explores how news both connected and divided people across the eighteenth-century British Empire📰

#History #Newspapers #Journalism #PublicSphere 18thc 🗃️

👉Read online here: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

The media didn’t make room for everyone—but the internet forced it.
Alice Marwick on how digital platforms gave power to the once-ignored.

🎧 Listen here → youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0

#BLM #MeToo #TechEthics #TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalVoices #PublicSphere

9/11 The union leader wants government examination of the LifeLabs contract to determine if it serves patients' and workers' best interests. He advocates bringing services "back into the public sphere" where possible.
#ContractReview #PublicSphere

3rd secularises arguments by applying them against #secular preachers & institutions: reflecting on quality of debate in #publicsphere, #hypocrisy of secular “clerics” vs their practice, & process of #ossification & betrayal befalling secular political #ideals

Analysing the gap in non institutionalized political engagement between Western Europe & the post communist region

Tomáš Dvořák @charlesuni.cuni.cz explores

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Politicalengagement #Publicsphere #Postcommunistcountries #Mixedmethods

And just as importantly, why it matters to uphold this fragile trust by ensuring justice. That trust can only be sustained through Ukraine’s victory—and justice delivered- by holding the aggressor’s führers, soldiers, propagandists, and enablers accountable.

#RuleOfLaw #PublicSphere

#Need a #list #like #this #for #each #country #and #sub-lists of #all kinds of #topics / #themes.

#resist #publicsphere #digitalmigration #eu #Ukraine #world #x #bluesky #fediverse #xAI #trump #musk #war #democracy #ww3 #trumpism #right #left #leave

@vrtnws.be
#vrt #BE
#media
#belgie #belgium

Choose 20 JOURNALISM books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

Day 30/20

#booksky #books #bookchallenge
#journalism
#JournalismStudies #Habermas #PublicSphere #democracy

The readership of #TheAustralian after years of being fed hideous, sometimes #antiscientific, often #racist faragos in the #publicsphere 🖤💛❤️
#BlackSky #IndigenousSky #Scientists #Science
@scienceanu.bsky.social
@pcdoherty.bsky.social please share with your networks 🧬🧪🔭🔬☀️
#ListenToBlackVoices

The Prague meeting for COST Action 23137 PCPSce has now begun!

We’re looking forward to three days of intensive networking and collaboration! Send us your pictures to: scteam.pcpsce@gmail.com
#COSTAction #earlymodernhistory #centraleurope
#printculture #publicsphere

🇩🇪 Soziale Netzwerke als demokratische Kraft retten Nina George, Schriftstellerin, Ehrenpräsidentin European Writers’ Council (EWC) Foto: Heike Blenck Rocko Schamoni, Schriftsteller, Regisseur, Musiker, ...

Marc Uwe Kling hat eine wichtige Nachricht.

Projekt #publicsphere, die Initiative für eine #EU finanzierte, geförderte und geschützte Social Media Plattform, public-sphere.org, hat endlich Gesellschaft im Geiste bekommen durch die Petition:

savesocial.eu

‼️Video anschauen:
youtu.be/VYC928Hj5ZI?...

though I have many further suggestions, from me or seen done elsewhere, on what else might be done for engagement facilitating and building #PublicSphere. For example, engage with/through citizens' #DocumentersNetwork from @citybureau.bsky.social: www.documenters.org 2/

Twitter/X has ceased to be a neutral platform it’s time academics let go Following the recent US election Twitter/X has seen an exodus of users to other platforms. Mark Carrigan, argues that the platform no longer holds value for academics looking to share and communica…

Twitter/X: A Toxic Echo Chamber? Why Academics Should Move On blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #TwitterX #ElonMuskNoEthics #SocialMediaEthics #DigitalDiscourse #Academia #PublicSphere #PlatformPolitics

A platform of #disinformation can be used for informing and debating. My proposition to journalists is to use #tagcoding
Including the postfixes for #fightingUntruthsOnline
#isic9000
Don’t let bullies take over a big part of the #publicSphere

leanpub.com/tagpedia/read

Plan to cut Berlin arts budget will ‘destroy’ city’s culture, directors warn Leading theatre figures warn ‘drastic’ reduction in funding will cause bankruptcy and harm city’s tourism appeal

#arts #publicsphere #pluralism Juli Zeh, a bestselling author, said applying 'sheers' to culture was “politically incredibly dumb” when the far right – which has called for art funding to be dependent on content and be more German-centric – was on the rise. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

About "Fundamentally open and public networks #publicSphere "

#hashtagSearch for non-subscribers is important for the #tagcoding social sharing model🌍

- No longer available in X
- Great it is supported in #Mastodon and @bsky.app 😘

The fragile public sphere Porfirian Mexico may offer clues to the fate of press freedom in divided societies. Review: Guardians of Discourse, Kevin M Anzzolin, by Gavin O'Toole

From the (recent) archives. Read our review of Guardians of Discourse, Kevin M Anzzolin #LatinAmerica #Mexico #Bookreviews #books #media #press #politics #history #pressfreedom #discourse #history #publicsphere #Weber
latamrob.substack.com/p/the-fragil...

3rd secularises arguments by applying them against #secular preachers & institutions: reflecting on quality of debate in #publicsphere, #hypocrisy of secular “clerics” vs their practice, & process of #ossification & betrayal befalling secular political #ideals

#genrestudies #writingstudies #publicsphere #engl312 https://https://t.co/wN4FOPd9ji

Now attending the webinar about the #discourses of #antisemitism in the #publicsphere @DiscourseNet . Johannes #Angermüller talks about different types of antisemitic discourses which have been established in the last 5-10 years.

“The “European Public Sphere” initiative aims to create a public space for Europe’s future issues. It is about assembling the building blocks for the social architecture of Europe. ” https://buff.ly/2LhXe8h #EuropeanUnion #eu #publicsphere

#Estonia #SoftPower?

#voting #transparency #publicsphere https://x.com/GillStella/status/748204413945282562