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Citizenship and Citizen Participation in Metaverse

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Since the history of humanity met the concept of democracy, the content, applications, and results of the concept have been the subject of discussion. In times when technological possibilities were limited, the behavior of the individual, the transfer of the right of representation for the construction of power, and the participation of citizens in the administration as a part of the balance and control mechanisms in the use of power were the basis of the debates on democracy. However, with the development of technology, in today's world, the options in front of citizens and the meaning of citizenship began to change. Now, the existence of the individual's trans-humanized existence in interaction with technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things, in the real world and especially in virtual worlds such as the Metaverse, and the combinations that he will create with other individuals and collectivities, are on the verge of gaining the potential to reach an unexpected disruptiveness interactively both in the real world and in the virtual world. Against these, the renewal of the concepts of law, state, and power with a dynamic understanding is closely related to the redefinition of citizenship in the face of formations such as the Metaverse. This chapter will focus on the essential elements of an introductory framework for the future of citizens in this new world through the relationship of political history with disruptive technologies.

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  1. Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara, Türkiye

    Savaş Zafer Şahin

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  1. Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye

    Fatih Sinan Esen

  2. Endicott College of International Studies, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Hasan Tinmaz

  3. College of Engineering Technology Management (ETM), Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), Oregon, OR, USA

    Madhusudan Singh

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Şahin, S.Z. (2023). Citizenship and Citizen Participation in Metaverse. In: Esen, F.S., Tinmaz, H., Singh, M. (eds) Metaverse. Studies in Big Data, vol 133. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4641-9_17

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