Darin Barney believes that while the nuts and bolts of technological progress – computers, cellphones, internet access wired and wireless – become accessible to more and more people, the promise of increased civic engagement has eluded us.
He says there’s a lot more to technology, and to democracy, than wires and buttons, and it has a much deeper affect on our lives than simply being tools we can use well or badly.
Darin Barney is a professor of Communication Studies at McGill University where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship.
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[1] http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/redeye
[2] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/artist/darin_barney
[3] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/title/one_nation_under_google
[4] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/genre/blues
[5] http://www.coopradio.org/redeye
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