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IMPROVING POLITICAL COMMUNICATION TO GROW STRONGER DEMOCRACIES






UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES

We are exploring the “tensions” that arise with both the incorporation of social
media in the communication strategies of political entities and the political
activism of Internet citizens on platforms both inside and outside of those
traditional institutions.

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FOSTERING DIALOGUE

We facilitate non-partisan dialogue with academics, political practitioners and
interested citizens about the role of social media in both traditional political
organizations and external political entities.

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PROVIDING RESOURCES

By contributing to the improvement of political communications using social
media in the most efficient and effective manner, we are a resource for all
those motivated to enhance their own political social media strategies.

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS

Social media has provided citizens with opportunities for expanding their
participation in the political process, providing the means to communicate
directly with people in power and with their fellow citizens. The emergence of
social media onto the political scene presents dilemmas for political
representatives and organizations which, by their very nature, prefer
traditional broadcast media due to their preferences to control the conversation
to further their aims. But the issue isn’t that simple. Being part of a
democracy involves more than the participation of its people – an authoritative,
organizational structure is needed to provide the necessary leadership, services
and protections required in a democracy. Navigating the explosion of
possibilities for democratic participation in the Internet age bears a striking
resemblance to the tensions inherent in establishing a democratic republic. In
Federalist 10, James Madison addressed similar concerns when he suggested that
the United States should operate as a republic rather than as a pure democracy.
He made this argument in large part to prevent the dangers that factions,
especially majority factions, present to governments. With the ascendance of the
Internet, the facilitation with which factions can organize has greatly
increased. Enter this website, Federalist Tensions – the title being a fusion of
an homage to Madison’s “Federalist 10” and the “tensions” that arise with both
the incorporation of social media in the communication strategies of political
entities and the political activism of Internet citizens on platforms both
inside and outside of those traditional institutions. Here is a collaborative
space for the exchange of ideas and the development of innovative approaches to
address the tensions due to the emergence of social media between political
powerbrokers and citizens in their efforts to communicate in a mutually
beneficial manner.
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