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Talking Politics with Nathan Schneider: Governable Spaces and Democratic Design for Online Life

When was the last time you participated in an election for a Facebook group or sat on a jury for a dispute in a subreddit? Platforms nudge users to tolerate nearly all-powerful admins, moderators, and “benevolent dictators for life.” In this webinar, Nathan Schneider (University of Colorado Boulder) argues that the internet has been plagued by implicit feudalism: a cultural and technical bias for building communities as fiefdoms. But online spaces could be sites of a creative, radical, and democratic renaissance. Schneider shows how the internet can learn from past governance to become a medium that is more democratic, responsive, and inventive than anything that has come before.

Originally aired Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Moderator & Discussant: Mervenur Çetin (University of Colorado Boulder)

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Talking Politics 2024–25 primarily focused on the 2024 US Presidential Election, but we also showcased comparative perspectives that track the global movement of discourses, media, and messages.