Introduction

Digital uses for the promotion of democratic experiences

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.289.19

Keywords:

Democracy, Participation, Information and Communication Technology, Educational Technology

Abstract

This monograph invites to reflect and deepen on the different social and educational impacts that have been generated in the process of interaction between technology and democracy. It does so through six articles that share the same axis: reflecting on the different processes that occur in different virtual environments, their link (or not) with democracy and the analysis of the social and educational impacts that are (or not) generated in these participatory spaces. Linking technology and digital democracy implies talking about a wide range of scenarios in which different actors, content, strategies, types of participation, power relations, among many other elements interact. It is in this diversity of areas, elements, actors and effects that this monograph focuses on. The set of articles that we present show how technology and digital democracy interact in different contexts (global and local) and what types of impacts (social, political and personal; positive and negative; etc.) this interaction can generate.

Author Biographies

Mar Beneyto-Seoane, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña (Spain)

Dr. Mar Beneyto-Seoane is an associate professor in the Department of Pedagogy at the Universidad de Vic-UCC. She currently teaches at the master's degree and the degree of Social Education. Her main fields of study and research are the study of inequalities, inclusion and digital participation in the educational and social areas.

Jordi Collet-Sabé, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya (Spain)

Dr. Jordi Collet-Sabé is a tenured professor of Sociology of Education at the Universidad de Vic-UCC, where he has been the Vice-Chancellor for Research since 2019. He has conducted research and published internationally on educational policies; school, family and community relations; educational equity; family socialization and democracy. He has been Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education - University College London.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Beneyto-Seoane, M., & Collet-Sabé, J. (2020). Introduction: Digital uses for the promotion of democratic experiences. Obra Digital, (19), 10–14. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.289.19

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No. 19 (2020): Digital uses to promote democratic experiences

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Monographic

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