"Information Technology and the Dream of Democratic Renewal" Center for Advanced Study CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
- Event Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
- Time: 4:00 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
Langdon Winner
George A. Miller Endowment Professor, University of Illinois
Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
A colorful theme in American thought is the belief that new technologies will revitalize democratic society, enabling citizens to become more effectively self-governing. Hopes of this kind have reappeared in every generation since the early nineteenth century, a standard motif in the nation's political rhetoric. With the arrival of digital technology and the Internet, this enduring vision has been powerfully rekindled. Will the dream of democratic renewal be realized this time around, or derailed by mechanisms of inequality and centralized control?
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