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The article examines the Internet influence on transformation of Icelandic political system. The research methodology is based on the theories of postanarchism and technological determinism. The article refers to three cases that have a very strong correlation. The first case considers the draft of New Constitution in Iceland written by using the crowdsourcing method. The second refers to the standup comedian Jon Gnarr who organized his election campaign via the Internet. He won the elections and became a mayor of Reykjavik. The third case is connected with the change of a country political landscape with a new Pirate Party on a stage. It has become the first Pirate Party appeared in the Parliament. The empirical findings bring the authors to the obvious conclusions that the Internet gives a significance influence on the transformation of Icelandic political system while bringing the very strong elements of direct democracy.

Translated title of the contributionВлияние интернета на трансформацию политической системы Исландии
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2017
EditorsIrina I. Tolstikova, Nikolai V. Borisov, Victor P. Zakharov, Nikolai V. Borisov, Leonid V. Smorgunov, Radomir V. Bolgov
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages225-229
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450354370
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StatePublished - 21 Jun 2017
Event2017 International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2017: международная объединенная конференция - Университет ИТМО, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 21 Jun 2017 → 23 Jun 2017
Conference number: XX
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Conference

Conference2017 International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2017
Abbreviated titleIMS 2017
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityСанкт-Петербург
Period21/06/17 → 23/06/17
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    Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Software

    Research areas

  • Constitution of Iceland, Iceland, Internet, Pirate Parties International, Pirate Party, Political system transformation

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