The creation of an Internet public sphere by South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission and Elections Canada by Hannelie Otto, Lynnette Fourie, Johannes Froneman

“…This article investigates the extent to which the South African (IEC) and Canadian electoral commissions’ websites have succeeded in establishing a virtual public sphere. The Elections Canada web site (representing an established democracy) has succeeded better at resembling some of the normative principles of the public sphere theory than has the IEC. …”
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