关键词: 数字协商民主, 技术治理, 风险, 规制

Abstract: The development of information, the Internet and digital technologies has made digital deliberative democracy possible in reality. In addition to the technological development, it is made possible by the practical experience accumulation and the institutional construction. However, due to the inherent tension between the variability of technology and the stability of democratic forms, between the difference in practice and the principled stance of democratic values, between the normative nature of procedures and the exploratory nature of democratic innovation, the theoretical thinking, institutional design and practical operation of digital deliberative democracy still face many challenges. For example, is equality naturally available under the condition of popularization of technology? Is it possible to achieve broad participation under the condition of instant accessibility of technology? Will the public opinion be distorted in the process of digital negotiation? Does it necessarily lead to scientific decisionmaking under the condition of sufficient information? Can technology improve efficiency while maintaining fairness? Can digital deliberative democracy improve governance efficiency? The challenges faced by digital deliberative democracy need to be dealt with both theoretically and institutionally. It is also necessary to encourage more differentiated innovation and exploration in practice. Only in this way can we realize a more open development of deliberative democracy in the process of constantly shaping and being shaped by the reality of social life.

Key words: digital deliberative democracy, technology governance, risk, regulation