Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345655

Funded Activity Summary

Liberal Machines: Information poverty, political culture and the uses of new communications technologies. This project examines two contentious issues in scholarly and policy debate: the nature and consequences of information poverty, and the consequences of new communications technologies for western political culture. Rather than focussing on the emancipatory potential of new technologies, we see these problems through the prism of liberal government, its history and prospects. In particular we are concerned with liberalism's longstanding concerns with security, civil peace, freedom, and disadvantage. We explore contemporary developments in electronic government, digital media, online learning, cyber-democracy and wired communities. The result will contribute to our understanding of the political and intellectual uses of information technology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $106,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Policy And Administration Not Elsewhere Classified | Communication And Media Studies | Communication and Media Studies | Cultural Theory |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other social development and community services | Government and politics not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Communication And Media Studies | Communication and Media Studies | Cultural Theory | Government and politics not elsewhere classified | Other social development and community services | Policy And Administration Not Elsewhere Classified | The Media

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