When the Internet began to emerge as a popular new mode of communication, many political scientists and social commentators believed that it would revolutionize our democratic institutions. Today, voter turnout is at an historic low and Internet usage is at an all-time high. Can we still make the claim that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) enhance democratic life in Canada? What effect does the technological mediation of political communication have on the practice of Canadian politics? How have such technologies affected the distribution of power in society?

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• Short-listed, Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Darin Barney is a Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship and a professor of communication studies at McGill University.