"Fake" participation

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following up on my post, "The Obama WhiteHouse - Civility, OpenDemocracy and Web2.0":

• from IAP Journal Symposium on Obama Administration and Public Participation
  • "Deterring Fake Public Participation"; Snider, J. H. (2010)
  • "Practicing a Participatory Presidency?: An Analysis of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Dialogue"; Konieczka, S. P. (2010)

slightly related:

• on the validity of "persuasion":
• "Persuasion" at Practical Democracy
• "Caveat - The ethical debate" Is persuasion a loaded gun?" at ChangingMinds.org; "Would greater skill in this lead to more effective organizations?" in ChangingMinds discussion at LinkedIn