First Steps Toward an Energetic Democracy. Communication and Social Movements Davide Borrelli – Mihaela Gavrila – Sarah Siciliano The controversy on the energy matter is emblematic of two phenomena: in contemporary democracies, we find plans of emptying some of the democratic institutions, clashing with attempts of re-appropriation of spaces of democracy from below: on the one hand, the deficit of social and cultural legitimacy suffered by political institutions, on the other hand, the design of "confiscation of democracy" in which the policy maker tries to counteract prior instances of deliberative participation advanced by the public opinion. Virtually ignored by mainstream media, the debate on nuclear power has been in the middle of a dense network of conversations from below, which eventually affect public opinion. The success of the referendum on the nuclear issue enshrines the internet as an alternative political engine and, at the same time, a tool of “self-summoning” for the
Prove di democrazia energetica. La comunicazione in “movimento” Davide Borrelli – Mihaela Gavrila – Sarah Siciliano La controversia in materia energetica è emblematica di due fenomeni sempre più evidenti nelle democrazie contemporanee, che vedono contrapposti progetti di svuotamento degli istituti democratici, da una parte, e tentativi di riappropriazione dal basso di spazi di democrazia, dall’altra: il deficit di legittimazione sociale e culturale di cui soffrono le istituzioni della politica, da una parte, e il progetto di “confisca della democrazia” con cui il decisore politico prova a neutralizzare preventivamente le istanze di partecipazione deliberativa avanzate dall’opinione pubblica, dall’altra. Pressoché ignorato dai media tradizionali, il dibattito sul nucleare è stato al centro di una fitta trama di conversazioni dal basso, che hanno finito per condizionare l’opinione pubblica. Il successo del referendum sul nucleare consacra la rete come motore politico alternativo e come strumento di autoconvocazione dei cittadini al di là delle tradizionali forme di mediazione politica e di comunicazione mediale. I dati comparativi vecchi vs. nuovi media mostrano come le conversazioni in rete abbiano finito per condizionare l’agenda mediale e per incidere sul clima di opinione, veicolando valori e interessi estranei alla cornice interpretativa in cui la controversia è stata orchestrata politicamente. Il problema ancora aperto riguarda le affinità e le rotture semantiche tra vecchi e nuovi movimenti in termini di strategie comunicative utilizzate per ottenere consenso e ribaltare situazioni consolidate. Resta da comprendere in che modo le piattaforme mediali sapranno trasformarsi per raccogliere la sfida dell’energia sociale sprigionata da queste forme di impegno civico. First Steps Toward an Energetic Democracy. Communication and Social Movements Davide Borrelli – Mihaela Gavrila – Sarah Siciliano The controversy on the energy matter is emblematic of two phenomena: in contemporary democracies, we find plans of emptying some of the democratic institutions, clashing with attempts of re-appropriation of spaces of democracy from below: on the one hand, the deficit of social and cultural legitimacy suffered by political institutions, on the other hand, the design of "confiscation of democracy" in which the policy maker tries to counteract prior instances of deliberative participation advanced by the public opinion. Virtually ignored by mainstream media, the debate on nuclear power has been in the middle of a dense network of conversations from below, which eventually affect public opinion. The success of the referendum on the nuclear issue enshrines the internet as an alternative political engine and, at the same time, a tool of “self-summoning” for the citizens, beyond the traditional forms of political mediation and communication media. By comparing data on old and new media, it’s shown how networked conversations have ended up conditioning the media agenda and affecting the public opinion by the conveying of values and interests once alien to the interpretive framework in which the case was politically orchestrated. The still unresolved issue concerns the affinities and semantic break between old and new movements in terms of communication strategies used to achieve consensus and to overturn the status quo. It remains to understand how the media platforms will transform themselves to meet the challenge of energy emitted by these social forms of civic engagement.
Prove di democrazia energetica La comunicazione in «movimento» / Gavrila, Mihaela; D., Borrelli; S., Siciliano. - In: RASSEGNA ITALIANA DI SOCIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0486-0349. - STAMPA. - 4:(2013), pp. 625-648. [10.1423/76022]
Prove di democrazia energetica La comunicazione in «movimento»
GAVRILA, Mihaela;
2013
Abstract
First Steps Toward an Energetic Democracy. Communication and Social Movements Davide Borrelli – Mihaela Gavrila – Sarah Siciliano The controversy on the energy matter is emblematic of two phenomena: in contemporary democracies, we find plans of emptying some of the democratic institutions, clashing with attempts of re-appropriation of spaces of democracy from below: on the one hand, the deficit of social and cultural legitimacy suffered by political institutions, on the other hand, the design of "confiscation of democracy" in which the policy maker tries to counteract prior instances of deliberative participation advanced by the public opinion. Virtually ignored by mainstream media, the debate on nuclear power has been in the middle of a dense network of conversations from below, which eventually affect public opinion. The success of the referendum on the nuclear issue enshrines the internet as an alternative political engine and, at the same time, a tool of “self-summoning” for theI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.