Talk for students in Utrecht about internet and politics based on my experiences

1. Nieuwe Media in het actuele debat
Universiteit Utrecht
presentatie op slideshare.net/rrustema

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4. petities.nl 2005-2009
In 2004:
In 2005:

5. inspiration

6. inspiration
"women in Afghanistan chain letter"

7. politicians don't read mail

8. issues

9. 2005-2009 and beyond

10. 2005-2009 and beyond

11. 2005-2009 and beyond
• 183 petition
• 68 for parliament
• 174.164 signatures
rule of thumb: 1000 signatories
one of them becomes petitioner

12. 2005-2009 en verder
members visitors
4 million 3 million
per postcode 1,9 million
200 million "billions"

13. petition against fireworks

14. petition against fireworks
8000
ondertekenaars burgerinitiatief vuurwerk
6000
4000
2000
0
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januari

15. petition against fireworks

16. government involved

17. game without a face
democracygame.eu

18. Issues
Constituency
Points
democratiespel.nl
API
Representative
Citizen

19. Application
Programming Interface

20. API commands

21. on Github

25. 15
150
candidates
journalists/activists/lobbyists
citizens

26. online simulation of (Dutch) politics, the higher the level, the more you can do
a player can:
propose laws 7. ministers
propose laws 6. 150 representatives
vote on law proposals
get elected 5. candidates
nominate yourself
as candidate
4. opinionleaders
propose issues 3. active citizens
political profile
based on voting
2. electorate (registered)
vote about
issues 1. citizens (anonymous)

28. gamerules

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