DISCOVER: The Myth of Digital Democracy

Hindman, M. (2008) The Myth of Digital Democracy. New York: Princeton University Press.

Discovered:

This text consider how the internet has played a vital roll in the democratisation of information, the inherent openness of information and access  means that anybody on the internet has the ability to share information, freely and effortlessly. 

Key Quotes:

'From the start, claims that new media would weaken or eliminate gate- keepers focused on the Internet's architecture.'

'Web should be seen as the finest candidate there is for un settling informational politics,'