The College of Political Science at the University of Baghdad discussed the doctoral thesis right “Digital Democracy in Perspective of the Structure of Political Opportunities after 2011 (Selected Models)” by the student “Farhan Branch Farhan.”
The thesis explained that in light of the existence of democracy in its general traditional concept, as a system of government characterized by the presence of free and fair elections, true competition and the protection of freedoms, civil rights and other concepts, the concept of digital Democracy emerged to combine what is digital and what is political through the use of digital mechanisms. In the political field, by official and unofficial entities or institutions, or citizens, where democracy has become carried out digitally through several mechanisms, the most important of which are social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube). On the other hand, the concept of digital democracy in our study was linked to the theory of the structure of political opportunities. Which is concerned with organizing protests or social movements in an organized, methodological and analytical manner, and in light of the convergence of what is digital and what is political in this study through the interconnection of both fields (digital democracy and the theory of the structure of political opportunities), democracy and its digital mechanisms have begun to have a varying impact, especially in the models of our study (Lebanon). , Iraq, Egypt), which resulted from the difference in the dimensions of digital democracy, is matched by the difference in the dimensions of the structure of political opportunities, which was reflected in the difference in influence and results in each of the three models.
At the end of the discussion, the researcher was awarded a doctorate degree with a grade of “very good.” We wish all our dear students good luck and success in their academic and professional lives.
