Conclusion: Digital spaces of civic communication

Abstract

I set out to analyse in what ways the currently much-debated online commenting constitutes spaces for civic and political online communication in modern democracies. My intention therein was not simply to come to an evaluation of online commenting. Instead, I conceptualized online commenting as constituting digital spaces of civic communication in order to assess the socio-technical nature of digital media in offering communicative spaces where people can act as citizens. Following the theoretical discussion, I conceptualized digital spaces of civic communication as being actualized through the interrelation of strategically produced digital media interfaces and people’s related tactical digital media practices in their communication on civic and political issues.