Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle

Taylor-Smith, E., Lindner, R. (2010). Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle. In: Prosser, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of EDEM 2010 - Conference on Electronic Democracy, May 7-8, 2010, Danube-University Krems, Austria, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). Vienna, Austria: . Austrian Computer Society.


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Abstract

This paper describes the context and background of the conference workshop “Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle”. EParticipation initiatives are increasingly applying social networking tools and sites at the interactive core of their participation processes. This paper looks at these objectives in more detail. It begins to identify characteristics of individual projects and types of social networking tools that will need to be explored by practitioners in order to successfully apply social networking tools in their projects. A five stage policy-cycle is used to categorise these projects’ relationships with democratic policy processes and intended or possible political impacts.
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Authors

Ella Taylor-Smith
Ella Taylor-Smith
Research Student (previously Senior Research Fellow)
e.taylor-smith@napier.ac.uk
+44 131 455 2392

Areas of Expertise

Data Intensive Systems
Data Intensive Systems
Data and information are key assets for modern business. Large complex and incomplete datasets are common in industry. Exploiting that data successfully can give a major competitive advantage while, if it is not managed successfully, its value is often lost.
Internet Technologies & Society
Internet Technologies & Society
The technologies that help us to organise and share information on the internet are changing the way we live and work. This information society or knowledge economy people affects is in all kinds of new ways – as individuals, groups and organisations.
Keywords: edemocracy, eparticipation, huwy, information society, social informatics, young people