The Role of Digital Culture in Neoliberal Deliberative Decision-Making Processes

Abstract

Neoliberalism has been under discussion for a long time but the recently developing discourse concerning the financial crisis outlines issues fuelled by underlying neoliberal ideology, for which financial institutions, governments, and (major) corporations are often thought to be partially responsible. Neoliberalism, as the guiding ideology of most contemporary Western democracies, eliminates part of the deliberative process. Governmental decisionmaking ignores the political discourse that exists online, and therewith prioritises the neoliberal ideology; the focus on neoliberal ideology leaves no room to equally consider other options.