Standardization and the democratic design of information and communication technology |
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Authors: | Eric J Iversen Thierry Vedel Raymund Werle |
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Institution: | (1) the Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies) in Cologne, Germany |
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Abstract: | The way information and communication technology (ICT) develops can promote or hinder the democratic potential of this critical
societal infrastructure. Concerns about the role standards development organizations (SDOs) play in this context predate the
“digital age” but are reemerging amid substantial changes in the institutional landscape of standardization. This article
explores the increasingly critical link between the institutional design of SDOs and the democratic design of ICT. We review
some principles of democracy in terms of the design of technology, apply these to standardization, and discuss the role public
policy may play here, while distinguishing between input and output legitimacy.
Eric J. Iversen is the guest editor of this issue of Knowledge, Technology, & Policy. His biographical sketch accompanies his Introduction.
Thierry Vedel is a researcher with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He is based at the Center
for Political Research (CEVIPOF) at the National Foundation for Political Science. Having worked on public policies in the
area of new communication technologies, he is currently engaged in research on electronic democracy and the governance of
communication networks in a context of globalization. Thierry Vedel teaches communication and politics at the University of
Paris 2 and at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He may be reached via http://www.cevipof.mshparis.fr/.
His current research is focused on the interaction of technical and institutional innovations and on the evolution, development,
and governance of the Internet. |
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