Tag: Ali Stoddart

The best of Democratic Audit’s 2014 coverage of democracy’s technological advance

The best of Democratic Audit’s 2014 coverage of democracy’s technological advance

Is the future of democracy digital? In 2014, Democratic Audit UK carried numerous pieces of analysis, research, and argument concerning the interplay between technology, politics, parties, and representation, with the best appearing below in the latest of our 2014 round-ups. Similar PostsSocial media may have the potential to truly enhance our democracy, but there is […]

Digital technology can help create the broader cultural change needed to address limitations in our current democratic system

Digital technology can help create the broader cultural change needed to address limitations in our current democratic system

The Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy was set up by John Bercow this year to assess ways in which democracy could benefit from digital solution. Ali Stoddart, in a recent talk at a Commission event, argued that digital democracy is a possibility, and that it can help to create a context in which the wider cultural […]

Politicians should use Twitter to engage more, and broadcast less

Politicians should use Twitter to engage more, and broadcast less

Much has been written about social media’s tranformative potential with regard to the future of the democracy. But despite initial signs that both the Prime Minister and his Deputy were willing to embrace and facilitate this change, the Government seems to have fallen back into the familiar ‘top down’ method of political communication, albeit via […]