… of the 5SM to its lack of internal democracy (Treré & Barassi, … ’ view of political participation
and democracy, which ended up … As we will see, the participation platform Rousseau would …

… are aspects of the Facebook platform—particularly Groups and comments—that seem
more promising alternatives as we consider how to build digital spaces for democratic politics. …

… of democracy into contexts of entrenched political power. … platforms depends upon internal
bureaucratic machinations, … how commitments to platform democracy have proceeded …

… refinement of our information diet through the platform’s algorithms. … defining political battle
of the 21st century – the battle between technological hegemony and survival of democracy. …

… When the political settlement of these older media was made in the … , the political concern
with forms of representative democracy resulted in a regulatory settlement that placed political …

… this review, the political climate has changed to one in which governments are rapidly
looking to “do something” about the threats that digital platforms pose to democratic processes. …

… involving political parties is not new in democracy’s path and … the concept of platform as new
form of political organization. … programmatically refuses an internal organization based on de…

… to internal consultations. The (partial) conclusion that I reach is that, albeit presenting different
characteristics, the platform … by the party élite over the mechanisms of internal democracy. …

… To assess the effect of digital media on politics, we therefore also have to look at the internal
… find one platform provider dominating a specific market segment: Amazon is the platform of …

… anti-establishment, populist political party in Italy. One of its key features is the Rousseau
platform, an online space designed to enable direct democracy. Named after the eighteenth …