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[[Civilization]] currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation. | [[Civilization]] currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation. | ||
| − | * science | + | * [[science]] |
* markets | * markets | ||
| − | * democracy | + | * [[democracy]] ([[voting]]) |
* the court system | * the court system | ||
| − | * the internet (newly emerging) | + | * the [[internet]] (newly emerging) |
Public discussion of issues has traditionally taken place in a number of additional venues: | Public discussion of issues has traditionally taken place in a number of additional venues: | ||
| − | * newspapers (editorials and letters) | + | * [[mainstream media]]: |
| − | * television (debates, editorials) | + | ** newspapers (editorials and letters) |
| − | * town meetings | + | ** television (debates, editorials) |
| + | * town meetings (generally overburdened and barely adequate for dealing with local issues) | ||
| + | {{seedling}} | ||
| + | ===Related Pages=== | ||
| + | * [[Issuepedia:Dispute Resolution Technology]] | ||
===Changes=== | ===Changes=== | ||
Newspapers and television have become increasingly compromised all over the world by [[media consolidation]]. Within the {{USA}}, the [[Bush II administration]] has been engaged in [[Bush II anti-democracy|anti-democratic efforts]] to undermine the effectiveness of many or most of these arenas. | Newspapers and television have become increasingly compromised all over the world by [[media consolidation]]. Within the {{USA}}, the [[Bush II administration]] has been engaged in [[Bush II anti-democracy|anti-democratic efforts]] to undermine the effectiveness of many or most of these arenas. | ||
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Overview
Civilization currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation.
Public discussion of issues has traditionally taken place in a number of additional venues:
- mainstream media:
- newspapers (editorials and letters)
- television (debates, editorials)
- town meetings (generally overburdened and barely adequate for dealing with local issues)
Related Pages
Changes
Newspapers and television have become increasingly compromised all over the world by media consolidation. Within the United States, the Bush II administration has been engaged in anti-democratic efforts to undermine the effectiveness of many or most of these arenas.
New Tools
The invention and rapid spread of computers, as well as the extremely rapid development of new software, is causing new computer/internet-based tools to arise on a scale measurable in years or months. See Dispute Resolution Technology.
Sources
Notes
How does "public opinion", as arrived at by discussion between individuals (and informed, perhaps unfortunately, by popular media) fit into this?
Links
- 2006-04-05 When only the glib win, we all lose