In the last few years, we have witnessed changes in democratic processes and institutional communication, apart from the radicalisation of public debates and campaigns (pro-Brexit/no Brexit, pro-vax/no vax, pro-green pass/no green pass, among others), nationalism, (right-wing) populism, and hate speech in the digital sphere. In order to fight against this “toxic environment” (Murthy/Sharma 2018: 192) and foster ways of democratic dialogues, it is fundamental to question the legitimacy of dichotomy-based ways of debates, promote environments that can stimulate productive online and offline interpersonal interactions, and encourage the development of new emerging hybrid dialogues.
Guest Editors’ Introduction / Zollo, SOLE ALBA. - In: I-LAND JOURNAL. - ISSN 2532-6368. - (2020), pp. 3-9. [10.26379/IL2020002_001]
Guest Editors’ Introduction
sole alba zollo
2020
Abstract
In the last few years, we have witnessed changes in democratic processes and institutional communication, apart from the radicalisation of public debates and campaigns (pro-Brexit/no Brexit, pro-vax/no vax, pro-green pass/no green pass, among others), nationalism, (right-wing) populism, and hate speech in the digital sphere. In order to fight against this “toxic environment” (Murthy/Sharma 2018: 192) and foster ways of democratic dialogues, it is fundamental to question the legitimacy of dichotomy-based ways of debates, promote environments that can stimulate productive online and offline interpersonal interactions, and encourage the development of new emerging hybrid dialogues.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
