03564nam 22005895 450 991084209450332120240717175030.00-520-39395-310.1525/9780520393950(CKB)30098032900041(DE-B1597)672977(DE-B1597)9780520393950(MiAaPQ)EBC31594238(Au-PeEL)EBL31594238(OCoLC)1397061567(MiAaPQ)EBC31654651(Au-PeEL)EBL31654651(EXLCZ)993009803290004120240306h20242024 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGovernable Spaces Democratic Design for Online Life /Nathan Schneider1st ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2024]©20241 online resource (206 p.)9780520393943 Frontmatter --Contents --Introduction: Democracy in the Wild --1. Implicit Feudalism: The Origins of Counter-democratic Design --2. Homesteading on a Superhighway: How the Politics of No-Politics Aided an Authoritarian Revival --3. Democratic Mediums: Case Studies in Political Imagination --4. Governable Stacks: Organizing against Digital Colonialism --5. Governable Spaces: Democracy as a Policy Strategy --Epilogue: Metagovernance --Acknowledgments --Notes on Illustrations --Notes --Bibliography --IndexA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. When was the last time you participated in an election for an online group chat or sat on a jury for a dispute about a controversial post? Platforms nudge users to tolerate nearly all-powerful admins, moderators, and ";benevolent dictators for life."; In Governable Spaces, Nathan Schneider argues that the internet has been plagued by a phenomenon he calls ";implicit feudalism";: a bias, both cultural and technical, for building communities as fiefdoms. The consequences of this arrangement matter far beyond online spaces themselves, as feudal defaults train us to give up on our communities' democratic potential, inclining us to be more tolerant of autocratic tech CEOs and authoritarian tendencies among politicians. But online spaces could be sites of a creative, radical, and democratic renaissance. Using media archaeology, political theory, and participant observation, Schneider shows how the internet can learn from governance legacies of the past to become a more democratic medium, responsive and inventive unlike anything that has come before.DemocracyFeudalismPolitical aspectsInternet governanceOnline social networksPolitical aspectsSocial media and societySOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology StudiesbisacshDemocracy.FeudalismPolitical aspects.Internet governance.Online social networksPolitical aspects.Social media and society.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies.384.3/34Schneider Nathan1984-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1617593DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910842094503321Governable Spaces4174568UNINA