Democracy of Collective Will (DCW) in Info-Communication Globalization: Digital Democracy, Citizenship and Public Interest

Representative democracy has been seriously challenged by the domination of digital technology, internet and social media. A digital democracy has at least two plausible meanings: (1) a democracy that is being transformed or re-oriented through digital technology and (2) a digital representation or reflection of some aspects of representative democracy in info-commutation globalization. In the first case, that of the democracy becoming more digitally-oriented, the traditional attributes of the representative democracy itself are changing to new type of democracy i.e. the Democracy of Collective Will (DCW). It is true that the representative democracy is undergoing change due to the domination of digital information and digital communication in free market economy. This paper focuses on the digital democracy, public interest theory and info-communication citizenship, particular the type of democratic presence typified by the idea of 'digital citizen', for it is primarily through the work of this democratic system that democracy problems get address and democracy 'progress' is furthered. Digital cities, citizenship and info-communication culture are setting up a new democratic ecosystem to cultural, social and economic development both locally and globally. Finally, we recommend the 'Democracy of Collective Will' (DCW) as a new democratic system in info-communication globalization.