Doina Cajvaneanu
Abstract
This article raises the question of political innovation that can potentially emerge within, and spread from, the virtual worlds. Locating the signs of political change in the surfacing of innovative political concepts, the article proposes the investigation of keywords in the codes and rules of the virtual communities, as well as the compilation of a glossary of such keywords, as a way to map and analyze the conceptual and political innovation of the latest political incubator.
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- Virtual worlds: a political incubator
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