Blogs and Politics Dídac Gutiérrez-Peris [email_address]

Blogs and Politics

Dídac Gutiérrez-Peris [email_address] Blogs and Politics English Presentation

I Politics and Internet -The preliminary situation -The new political theory -OPC’s (Online Political Citizens) II The weight of a new “blogosphere” -Example of French Referendum -Different examples To conclude : other digital resources to influence politics

Time Political information Political Lobby’s Deliberations online Electronic vote Opinion Evolution of e-democracy 1) THE INTERNET, A NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM

New Technologies e-Democracy New and better possibilities to exercise our rights: e-Politics New forms to do politics e-Vote e-Citizenship Imagining Internet as a political instrument to convince and to activate citizenship . Examples : Make Poverty History all the e-mails about political, social or cultural revendications THE IDEA OF “PASS THE WORD” IS VERY POWERFUL The new political theory :

OPC’s: Online Political Citizens  Nowadays OPC’s represents 7% of American Population 10% of European Population An example: In the U.S.A,  only 50% of citizens are active in political discussions and debates  only 50% of citizens practice their duty of vote BUT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE ACTIVE USERS OF THE INTERNET. ONLINE POLITICAL CITIZENS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF REACTIVATING A POPULATION TOO MUCH APATHETICAL.

2) THE POWER OF BLOGOSPHERE 500 blogs in 1995 15 millions of blogs in 2004 Something is moving … ( The wall street journal, The Times…)

The example of French Referendum ( Franck Ghitalla ’s Report) 295 sites about Referendum specifically 161 against the positive vote versus 79 defending YES. YES was more important in TV but the NO dominated the INTERNET .

295 sites about Referendum specifically

161 against the positive vote versus 79 defending YES.

YES was more important in TV but the NO dominated the INTERNET .

The French Referendum proves that exists a relation between ELECTRONIC ACTIVISM and FINAL RESULTS of one’s political campaign. Vote YES Vote NO

Different examples of the relation between blogs and how to do politics… Juan Cole NKZone LIU DI (China) The most important weblogs in England : Harry's Place The edge of England's sword Slugger O'Toole A fistful of Euros

The power of image and audiovisuals in Politics (RESOURCES )

Colours and Politics

Disfiguration and Politics

Dídac Marketing and Politics

Bibliography - VII Congress of Politics and Telecommunications (Madrid, 2004) - Winter school of European Progress Movement (Barcelona, 2004) Franck Ghitalla ’s Report about French Referendum Daniel W. Drezner’s (University of Chicago) and Henry Farrell’s (University of George Washington) report “ The power of blogs in politics”

Bibliography

- VII Congress of Politics and Telecommunications (Madrid, 2004)

- Winter school of European Progress Movement (Barcelona, 2004)

Franck Ghitalla ’s Report about French Referendum

Daniel W. Drezner’s (University of Chicago) and Henry Farrell’s (University of George Washington) report

“ The power of blogs in politics”