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In the Era of the Netizen: Models for Participatory Democracy
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/Era_of_the_Netizen/
(Dec 31, 2014)

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Introduction - Netizens Netbook Series: Some Background
Preface - What is a Netizen?
Prolog - What the Net Means to Me

Part I - Toward a Theory of Netizen Democracy

Chapter 1 - Participatory Democracy From the 1960s and SDS into the Future On-line
Chapter 2 - Culture and Communication: The Impact of the Internet on the Emerging Global Culture
Chapter 3 - The Net and the Netizens

Part II - Netizen Democracy in South Korea

Chapter 4 - The Rise of Netizen Democracy: A case study of netizens' impact on democracy in South Korea
Chapter 5 - The New Dynamics of Democratization in South Korea: The Internet and the Emergence of the Netizen
Chapter 6 - Carothers' Critique of the Transition Paradigm: Korea as a Case in Point or The Netizens vs the Conservative Print Media
Chapter 7 - Candlelight 2008 and the 15th Anniversary of the Net and Netizens - Netizen Journalism as Watchdog Journalism
Chapter 8 - Korea and the Era of the Netizen

Part III - The Emergence of the Netizens in China

Chapter 9 - China in the Era of the Netizen
Chapter 10 - First Netizen Celebration Day Held in Beijing, China: Honoring the Netizen
Chapter 11 - Netizens Create Anti-cnn Forum to Challenge Media Distortions of China
Chapter 12 - The 1987 Birth of the China-CSnet Email Link and How Its History Got Corrected

Part IV - Media Articles: Journalism in the Era of the Netizen

Chapter 13 - Netizens in Egypt and the Republic of Tahrir Square
Chapter 14 - Netizen Journalism is Getting Back to the Roots of Journalism - Interview
Chapter 15 - New Media and the Challenge of Reporting from the UN
Chapter 16 - Role of Netizen Journalism in the Media War at the United Nations
Chapter 17 - Netizen Reporting and Media Criticism: Pressure for a New Journalism

Part V - Netizens in the Broader Context

Chapter 18 - Netizens and Communication
Chapter 19 - The Effect of the Net on the Professional News Media: The Usenet News Collective and Man-Computer News Symbiosis
Chapter 20 - The Expanding Commonwealth of Learning: Printing and the Net
Chapter 21 - The Computer as a Democratizer
Chapter 22 - Netizen Journalism The Emergence of New Forms of News that Can Improve the Policy Making Process
Chapter 23 - Proposed Declaration of the Rights of Netizens
Chapter 24 - Graduation Speech (1995)
Chapter 25 - Netizens Providing Hope for Future Development


Epilogue

Is this a New Era?

Appendix

We are All Netizens Now
Netizenry as the Fifth Estate
What does it mean to be a netizen?
My Thinking on Netizens
Researching the 'Net': On The Evolution of Usenet News and The Significance of the Global Computer Network
Internet Reserach Review of Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet
Goodreads Review of Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet


See Also Further Readings on Netizens and Netizenship

* Send comments to Jay Hauben hauben@columbia.edu      

Netizens CyberStop
See also the Netizen Netbook (1996 files)

In continuation of the work of Michael Hauben (1973-2001)

Jay Hauben hauben@columbia.edu
Last Updated: April 30, 2015