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DML 2018 Ignite August 1, 2018
The Rise of Monitorial Citizenship
Erhardt Graeff
Erhardt Graeff — @erhardt MIT Center for Civic Media & Olin College of Engineering
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The Rise of Monitorial Citizenship Erhardt Graeff @erhardt MIT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Rise of Monitorial Citizenship Erhardt Graeff @erhardt MIT Center for Civic Media & Olin College of Engineering DML 2018 Ignite Erhardt Graeff 1 August 1, 2018 neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk
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neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk
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Monitorial Citizenship is a form of civic engagement in which people collect information about their surroundings or track issues of local or personal interest in order to improve their communities and pursue justice.
dissertation: bit.ly/graeffdiss & Intl Ency of Media Literacy
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Pew Research. 2017. Public Trust in Government: 1958–2017.
Do you trust the government in Washington to do the right thing all or most of the time?
Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon Ford Carter Reagan Bush Clinton G.W. Bush Obama Trump
Public trust in government near historic lows
% who trust the govt in Washington always or most of the time
Moving average Individual polls .
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 25 50 75 100
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
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Source: 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is an average of a market's trust in the institutions
- f government, business, media and NGOs. General population,
28-market global total.
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Average trust in institutions, general population, 2017 vs. 2018
Trust Index
A World
- f Distrust
Biggest changes in
47 Global 72 India 69 Indonesia 67 China 60 Singapore 60 UAE 53 The Netherlands 52 Mexico 52 U.S. 50 Colombia 49 Canada 48 Brazil 48 Italy 48 Malaysia 45 Argentina 44 Hong Kong 44 Spain 43 Turkey 42 Australia 42
- S. Africa
41 Germany 40 France 40 U.K. 38
- S. Korea
37 Sweden 36 Ireland 35 Japan 35 Poland 34 Russia U.S.
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China +7
- S. Korea
+6 UAE +6 Italy
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Trust (60-100) Neutral (50-59) Distrust (1-49)
Trust decline in the U.S. is the steepest ever measured 48 Global 74 China 71 Indonesia 68 India 66 UAE 58 Singapore 54 Mexico 54 The Netherlands 53 Malaysia 49 Canada 47 Argentina 47 Colombia 47 Spain 46 Turkey 45 Hong Kong 44 Brazil 44
- S. Korea
43 Italy 43 U.S. 41 Germany 41 Sweden 40 Australia 40 France 39 Poland 39 U.K. 38 Ireland 38
- S. Africa
37 Japan 36 Russia
2017 General Population 2018 General Population
Global Trust Index remains at distruster level 20 of 28 markets are distrusters, up 1 from 2017
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Contemporary youth see living in a country that is government democratically as less essential
Foa, R. & Mounk, Y. 2017. The Signs of Deconsolidation. Journal
- f Democracy, 28(1), 5–16.
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Erhardt Graeff DML 2018 Ignite August 1, 2018
Monitorial Citizenship Core Practices
- collecting information
- sharing stories and insights
- coordinating with networks of other
civic actors
- pursuing accountability for
institutions and elite individuals and their perceived responsibilities
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Example: Public Lab
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Example: Promise Tracker
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Examples: SeeClickFix & Deera
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Example: Hollaback!
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Examples: WeCopwatch and #BlackLivesMatter
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The Rise of Monitorial Citizenship is… a digital and civic literacy issue
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The Rise of Monitorial Citizenship is… an inequality and empowerment issue
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Recommendations for Educators
- teach information gathering and
analysis (media/data literacy & YPAR)
- teach persuasive storytelling
- teach community organizing online
and offline
- teach democracy from the
perspective of citizen power
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