Engaging Citizens in Shaping Media Futures: Democratic Participation in Slovenian Media Policy Making

The conference presentation examines how Citizens’ Parliament in Slovenia, held in Ljubljana, in 2025, within the project Mapping Media for Future Democracies (MeDeMAP) enabled participation at three levels - deliberation, citizen demands, and policymaking - and argues that these innovations can transform how citizens, media, and policymakers interact. The paper was presented at the conference Beyond the Audience: Rethining Participation and the Power in the Age of Data Capitalism, organised by IULM in Rome on 15-16 January 2026, with the MeDeMAP project.