Internet Public Debate Observatory

Public Debate = website to observe public debate over the internet, and to develop tools to enhance them.

URL = http://www.publicdebate.net

Description

"a place where registered members can, through the observatories, publish their own critical assessments on debates, comment on the associated techniques and discuss the existing assessments. Members can also publish information about events related to public debates." (http://www.debatpublic.net/)

An initiative of Philippe Aigrain, author of Cause Commune

Tools for Internet-based public debate

Php-BB, at http://www.php-bb.com/

Phorum, at http://www.phorum.org/

More Information

The Observatory of Public Debates, at http://www.debatpublic.net/observatoire/ObservatoryOfPublicDebates

"This section of the Website provides information about and critical assessment of public debates organised at least partly over the Internet"

Observatory for free software for internet-based public debate, at http://www.debatpublic.net/observatoire/Tools

Check out the bibliographic references here at http://www.debatpublic.net/observatoire/BibliographicalReferences