網路民主中的說服政治

Politics of Persuasion in Online Democracy

本文希望透過說服政治的角度，分析網路民主的面貌，並說明其中幾個重要特色。首先就說服政治的概念，強調這是目前民主政治的核心焦點，同時也有其規範面的意義。本文對於說服政治的開展，主要從民主理論的實踐與政治思想演變作說明，試圖為說服政治勾勒出一個發展輪廓。民主理論的實踐，偏向操作層面的問題；政治思想的變遷，則是從理論層次探討。其次，將焦點放在網路民主上，說明網路作為媒介，有哪些在傳播、說服上的特色，筆者認為主要有三個：社群偏狹性、操縱的公共性與爆發性。總結來說，本文討論網路民主中的說服政治，希望透過釐清說服模式與其侷限，為我們的民主政治的發展，思考一些規範性的方向，希望能有更好的民主生活。

This article focuses on the politics of persuasion in online democracy. The author firstly elaborates the development of politics of persuasion from two contextual approaches: one is the progressive change of deliberative democracy, which is one of the most popular democratic theories; the other is the development of political thought. I argue that both changes aim to promote the politics of persuasion. Based on it, this article offers three features of online democracy such as “tribulation”, “Netizens’ opinion” and “outbreak”. In conclusion, this paper purports to provide a normative reflection on online democracy in order to contribute to a good society.