Vol. 12 No. 3 (2022): Communication and society

The development of digital technologies, the expansion of the Internet and the growth of mobile telephone networks have generated profound changes in society at a global level. Open, free and collaborative production architectures —among peers— have allowed, like never before in the history of humanity, millions and millions of people (end users, citizens) to be informed, communicate, express their preferences, manage part of their civil rights and collaborate to produce, dispose of and share all kinds of goods and intellectual works. These technologies are changing the way of doing politics: from campaigns and their different forms of financing, to the very bases of citizen political participation.