Semiotics, Civic Education And The Internet

Author: Ira Strauber

Source: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, Volume 17, Number 3, September 2004 , pp. 343-363(21)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This essay examines civic education and the representational capacity of the Internet. Of concern is encouraging citizens to think about law and politics as something more than just a zero-sum process and the Internet as a “public forum.” These observations take a semiotic approach to the representational character of the Internet. I recommend alertness and responsiveness to the complexity of public affairs and skepticism about anything else other than provisional and hypothetical social analysis.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11196-004-8649-y

Affiliations: 1: Department of Political Science, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 50112, USA, Email: strauber@grinnell.edu

Publication date: 2004-09-01