Liberal Machines: Information poverty, political culture and the uses of new communications technologies

这个项目探讨了学术和政策辩论中的两个有争议的问题：信息贫困的性质和后果，以及新的通信技术对西方政治文化的影响。我们不是关注新技术的解放潜力，而是通过自由政府的棱镜，它的历史和前景来看待这些问题。我们特别关注自由主义长期以来对安全、公民和平、自由和劣势的关注。我们探索电子政府，数字媒体，在线学习，网络民主和有线社区的当代发展。其结果将有助于我们理解信息技术的政治和智力用途。

This project examines two contentious issues in scholarly and policy debate: the nature and consequences of information poverty, and the consequences of new communications technologies for western political culture. Rather than focussing on the emancipatory potential of new technologies, we see these problems through the prism of liberal government, its history and prospects. In particular we are concerned with liberalism's longstanding concerns with security, civil peace, freedom, and disadvantage. We explore contemporary developments in electronic government, digital media, online learning, cyber-democracy and wired communities. The result will contribute to our understanding of the political and intellectual uses of information technology.