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explains youi inteiest in the topic, sketches youi majoi ieseaich questions, anu
uefines the scope of youi investigation.
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Albrecht, Steffen. Whose Voice is Heard in Online Deliberation? A Study of Participation and
Representation in Political Debates on the Internet. Information, Communication & Society
9.1 (2006): 62-82. Print.
In this article, Albrecht (a Ph.D. candidate at Hamburg University of Technology in
Hamburg, Germany) reassesses the extent to which the Internet encourages participation
from groups often underrepresented in offline political discourse. Albrecht illustrates
obstacles to online deliberative participation by offering a case study of an online debate
between 538 registered users in the city of Hamburg. Results suggested that the Internet
might encourage deliberative participation among young people, while having the opposite
effect for persons over the age of 55 (72). Results also showed a much smaller number of
female participants than anticipated (74). While Albrechts review of previous research
paints a gloomy portrait of the Internet being able to function as a deliberative space any
more than offline political arenas, his actual case study suggests that the Internet may offer
some hope for online deliberationwith, perhaps, some improvements on design. This
article should be useful for providing an example of how I might approach my own study of
political engagement in social networking spaces, as Albrechts case study provides valuable
insight into the advantages and limitations of online political deliberation. I would imagine,
however, that the study might yield different results if conducted within other populations.
Gajjala, Radhika. Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women. Walnut Creek, CA:
AltaMira Press, 2004. Print.
This book is an ethnographic and feminist examination of the formation of South Asian
cybercommunities. Deeply rooted in theories of postcolonialism, gender politics, and
technology, Gajjala explores notions of cyborg diaspora in cyberspace and its impact on
community formation. Most interesting for my purposes is Gajjalas discussion of the
tensions between access and empowerment, as well as power relationships between those
with access to technology and those without. Gajjala acknowledges that there are
hierarchies of power embedded in the very construction and design of Internet culture, but
argues that there is still a potential for using it in ways that might subvert these hierarchies
and foster dialogue and action on various unexpected fronts, in unpredictable ways (93).
Yet, according to Gajjala, this empowerment requires women living in poverty and their
advocates to negotiate and dialogue with the powerful in the North from positions of lesser
power (93). Additionally, Gajjala notes the problematic nature of a global culture that
privileges Western discursive practices, arguing that [n]o woman of the Third World has the
luxury of not choosing to be westernized if she aspires to be heard, or even simply to achieve
a level of material freedom, comfort, and luxury within global structures of power (87).
Gajjalas claims may complicate Hausers theory of vernacular rhetoric by pointing out that
vernacular expression must first mimic aspects of the dominant culture in order to create a
speaking space in the public sphere. Thus, this source points toward some important cautions
and limitations that I must consider when thinking about the Web as an empowering space
for women, as Gajjalas study shows that the Web may only be an empowering space for
certain women in this case, those who have access to technology and who are able to
conform to Western standards.

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