Civic participation and interactive documentaries: A contribution to the open Government model

This research introduces the marriage between interactive documentaries (i-docs) and politics as an opportunity to motivate new civic participation and expression in the political sphere. The main objective of this study is to identify the different degrees of civic participation that i-docs permit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cortés Selva, Laura, Pérez Escolar, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/7713
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11000/7713
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Participation
Documentaries
I-docs
Webdocs
Interactive documentaries
Open government
Civic engagement
Politics
Ciencias sociales
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Sumario:This research introduces the marriage between interactive documentaries (i-docs) and politics as an opportunity to motivate new civic participation and expression in the political sphere. The main objective of this study is to identify the different degrees of civic participation that i-docs permit and to setup a classification according to these levels of engagement. In order to achieve the main objective, this research has analyzed a group of documentaries using a mixture of Gaudenzi, Gifreu-Castells, and Nash methodology. The results show that it is possible to find a parallel between the closed mode and the Orwellian model; the semi-closed mode and the Tokenism model; the semi-opened mode and the playful model; and between the opened mode and the Athenian model. However, only the opened mode, used in the Global lives documentary, offers a real experience that symbolizes the purest representation of an open government system