Public Deliberation and Democratic Rights in Polarized Online Platforms

Abstract

New online media has turned partisanship into polarization and radicalization, with their self-sorting systemic effect and antagonistic bias impacting the core values of a democratic public sphere: freedom, political equality, epistemic trust, and political stability. This Panel aims to assess to what extent online polarization, in forms such as echo chambers and filter bubbles, is inevitable, useful or fatal to a well-functioning public sphere - and what we should do about it. Further, we’ll explore alternative normative conceptions of digital citizenship, both in terms of identifying discursive powers and the sets of democratic rights platform users should be able to enjoy, e.g., the right to free internet access

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