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How has politics and policymaking changed in the Information Age? - Coggle…
How has politics and policymaking changed in the Information Age?
The State
Domestic
RNS have an advantage over hierarchically ordered States.
"highly-specialised issues are vigorously contested by laypersons; decisions by authoritative organisations are questioned, debated, and sometimes overturned, in a vastly expanded information sphere." There's a crisis of authority.
International Relations
Not easy to put out one-sided narrative. Will get contested in the international realm.
States can directly attack the minds of citizens in adversary states
Change in relative power
new elements of power
change coeffients of existing elements
change intermediate goals
The Nation
New 'netions' can be manufactured
Netions will interact/clash with the existing nations.
The Government
How has decisionmaking changed?
Should the representative be an ambassador or should he/she apply their own mind? A vocal information age society makes it difficult for the representative to take a counter-view. Eg. Brexit
Stakeholders with little stake in the game can wield disproportionate influence. No issue is local.
Impact on policymaking
wider scrutiny; easier to get views from more stakeholders
no longer a two-level negotiation game
confronting trade-offs in full public view is challenging
Mapping
harms
and
benefits
New Regulatory Frameworks Needed. References
1
and
2
industrial age instruments for information age regulations - a mismatch
Awareness increased
The Country
OSINT, satellite imagery means State claims over territory are contestable
Human Collective Behaviour
Affective Polarisation has increased
Echo Chambers?
Interaction of echo chambers has increased
the idea of "likes" and "retweets" contributing to this
Information is closely associated with uncertainty. The higher the uncertainty, more is the information content. In a polarised setup, only way to convey information is to become more extreme.
Easy to manufacture moral panics
New social movements. Their capacity to set a narrative, disrupt the status quo, and affect electoral or institutional changes, varies.
The difficulty of wise decision making in large groups
The logic of collective action in the Information Age
Digital Communities Trilemma
Politics
all issues are by default global
Overton Window expands
the six models of internet + politics
Reference Network expands
: people whose beliefs and behaviour matter for my behaviour
Terrorism might become an increasingly attractive option for people in the Information Age to promote their politics.