Resumo

AGUIRRE SALA, Jorge Francisco. The potential of digital media with regard to traditional citizen participation and the participatory budget. Comun. soc [online]. 2014, n.22, pp.211-229. ISSN 0188-252X.

Due to the need to institutionalize citizen participation into political participation, the following are shown: The conditions for its legal status in Mexico, the potential of digital media to overcome political and communicative limitations, and the privileged case of the participatory budget. Some risks and benefits of electronic participation are presented.

Palavras-chave : Digital media; citizen participation; political and communicative limits; participatory budgeting.