New Technologies And Civic Engagement

Author : Homero Gil de Zuniga Navajas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317613602

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New Technologies and Civic Engagement by Homero Gil de Zuniga Navajas Pdf

This volume contributes to the extant and prolific New Agendas in Communication Series from one of the most salient perspectives within the field of Communication: New Technologies and Civic Engagement. The impact of the Internet and other technological advances are constantly referred to at most junctures of today's Communication research agendas. The area of Political Communication is not immune to this trend. The effects of the Internet and digital media on today's political landscape, with a particular emphasis on enhancing individuals’ civic duties and engagement levels, are theme of concern at many of the most renowned journals in Communication and Political Science disciplines. First, this book pays attention to the overall impact of the Internet and people's use of digital media and new technologies to analyze civic life at large, reconceptualizing what citizenship is today. Secondly, and more specifically, participants shed light over the intersection of a number of current new agendas of research in regards to some of the most rapidly growing technological advances (i.e., new publics and citizenship), and the emergence of sprouting structures of citizenship. The volume shows the implications that new technological advances carry with respect the possibilities, patterns and mechanisms for citizen communication, citizen deliberation, public sphere and civic engagement.

Author : Daniel Lathrop,Laurel Ruma
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781449388805

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Open Government by Daniel Lathrop,Laurel Ruma Pdf

In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their ideas on how to achieve and direct this emerging world of online collaboration, transparency, and participation. Contributions and topics include: Beth Simone Noveck, U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer for open government, "The Single Point of Failure" Jerry Brito, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, "All Your Data Are Belong to Us: Liberating Government Data" Aaron Swartz, cofounder of reddit.com, OpenLibrary.org, and BoldProgressives.org, "When Is Transparency Useful?" Ellen S. Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, "Disrupting Washington's Golden Rule" Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, "By the People" Douglas Schuler, president of the Public Sphere Project, "Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence" Howard Dierking, program manager on Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet Web platform team, "Engineering Good Government" Matthew Burton, Web entrepreneur and former intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, "A Peace Corps for Programmers" Gary D. Bass and Sean Moulton, OMB Watch, "Bringing the Web 2.0 Revolution to Government" Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, "Defining Government 2.0: Lessons Learned from the Success of Computer Platforms" Open Government editors: Daniel Lathrop is a former investigative projects reporter with the Seattle Post Intelligencer who's covered politics in Washington state, Iowa, Florida, and Washington D.C. He's a specialist in campaign finance and "computer-assisted reporting" -- the practice of using data analysis to report the news. Laurel Ruma is the Gov 2.0 Evangelist at O'Reilly Media. She is also co-chair for the Gov 2.0 Expo.

Author : Eric Gordon,Paul Mihailidis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262545815

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Civic Media by Eric Gordon,Paul Mihailidis Pdf

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched as activists used social media to organize protests during the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. Many governmental and community organizations changed their mission and function as they adopted new digital tools and practices. This book examines the use of “civic media”—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Scholars from a range of disciplines and practitioners from a variety of organizations offer analyses and case studies that explore the theory and practice of civic media. The contributors set out the conceptual context for the intersection of civic and media; examine the pressure to innovate and the sustainability of innovation; explore play as a template for resistance; look at civic education; discuss media-enabled activism in communities; and consider methods and funding for civic media research. The case studies that round out each section range from a “debt resistance” movement to government service delivery ratings to the “It Gets Better” campaign aimed at combating suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. The book offers a valuable interdisciplinary dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of the increasingly influential space of civic media.

Author : Alison B Powell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300258660

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Undoing Optimization by Alison B Powell Pdf

A unique examination of the civic use, regulation, and politics of communication and data technologies City life has been reconfigured by our use—and our expectations—of communication, data, and sensing technologies. This book examines the civic use, regulation, and politics of these technologies, looking at how governments, planners, citizens, and activists expect them to enhance life in the city. Alison Powell argues that the de facto forms of citizenship that emerge in relation to these technologies represent sites of contention over how governance and civic power should operate. These become more significant in an increasingly urbanized and polarized world facing new struggles over local participation and engagement. The author moves past the usual discussion of top-down versus bottom-up civic action and instead explains how citizenship shifts in response to technological change and particularly in response to issues related to pervasive sensing, big data, and surveillance in "smart cities".

Author : Information Resources Management Association
Publisher : Information Science Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 152257669X

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Civic Engagement and Politics by Information Resources Management Association Pdf

Creating transparency between government and citizens through outreach and engagement initiatives is critical to promoting community development and is also an essential part of a democratic society. This can be achieved through a number of methods including public policy, urban development, artistic endeavors, and digital platforms. Civic Engagement and Politics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that examines civic engagement practices in social, political, and non-political contexts. As the world is now undergoing a transformation, interdisciplinary collaboration, participation, community-based participatory research, partnerships, and co-creation have become more common than focused domains. Highlighting a range of topics such as social media and politics, civic activism, and public administration, this multi-volume book is geared toward government officials, leaders, practitioners, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in active citizen participation and politics.

Author : Daniel Greene
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262542333

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The Promise of Access by Daniel Greene Pdf

Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better. Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.

Author : Karen Mossberger,Caroline J. Tolbert,Ramona S. Mcneal
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262633536

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Digital Citizenship by Karen Mossberger,Caroline J. Tolbert,Ramona S. Mcneal Pdf

This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting. Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Digital citizenship, or the ability to participate in society online, promotes social inclusion. But statistics show that significant segments of the population are still excluded from digital citizenship. The authors of this book define digital citizens as those who are online daily. By focusing on frequent use, they reconceptualize debates about the digital divide to include both the means and the skills to participate online. They offer new evidence (drawn from recent national opinion surveys and Current Population Surveys) that technology use matters for wages and income, and for civic engagement and voting. Digital Citizenship examines three aspects of participation in society online: economic opportunity, democratic participation, and inclusion in prevailing forms of communication. The authors find that Internet use at work increases wages, with less-educated and minority workers receiving the greatest benefit, and that Internet use is significantly related to political participation, especially among the young. The authors examine in detail the gaps in technological access among minorities and the poor and predict that this digital inequality is not likely to disappear in the near future. Public policy, they argue, must address educational and technological disparities if we are to achieve full participation and citizenship in the twenty-first century.

Author : Stephen M. Caliendo,William J. Muck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137504517

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Technology and Civic Engagement in the College Classroom by Stephen M. Caliendo,William J. Muck Pdf

Technology and Civic Engagment in the College Clasroom is a theoretical and empirical examination of ways to foster civic engagement in Millennials. Each chapter contributes to understanding how both traditional and more innovative pedagogical tools can increase students' political interest and efficacy.

Author : Adria, Marco,Mao, Yuping
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522510826

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Handbook of Research on Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media by Adria, Marco,Mao, Yuping Pdf

New media forums have created a unique opportunity for citizens to participate in a variety of social and political contexts. As new social technologies are being utilized in a variety of ways, the public is able to interact more effectively in activities within their communities. The Handbook of Research on Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media addresses opportunities and challenges in the theory and practice of public involvement in social media. Highlighting various communication modes and best practices being utilized in citizen-involvement activities, this book is a critical reference source for professionals, consultants, university teachers, practitioners, community organizers, government administrators, citizens, and activists.

Author : René Glas,Sybille Lammes,Michiel de Lange,Joost Raessens,Imar de Vries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 9462984522

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The Playful Citizen by René Glas,Sybille Lammes,Michiel de Lange,Joost Raessens,Imar de Vries Pdf

This edited volume collects current research by academics and practitioners on playful citizen participation through digital media technologies.

Author : Oswald Devisch,Liesbeth Huybrechts,Roel De Ridder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351615747

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Participatory Design Theory by Oswald Devisch,Liesbeth Huybrechts,Roel De Ridder Pdf

In recent years, many countries all over Europe have witnessed a demand for a more direct form of democracy, ranging from improved clarity of information to being directly involved in decision-making procedures. Increasingly, governments are putting citizen participation at the centre of their policy objectives, striving for more transparency, to engage and empower local individuals and communities to collaborate on public projects and to encourage self-organization. This book explores the role of participatory design in keeping these participatory processes public. It addresses four specific lines of enquiry: how can the use and/or development of technologies and social media help to diversify, to coproduce, to interrupt and to document democratic design experiments? Aimed at researchers and academics in the fields of urban planning and participatory design, this book includes contributions from a range of experts across Europe including the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Spain, France, Romania, Hungary and Finland.

Author : Adria, Marco
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799818298

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Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation by Adria, Marco Pdf

Recent technological advancements have made it possible to use moderated discussion threads on social media to provide citizens with a means of discussion concerning issues that involve them. With the renewed interest in devising new methods for public involvement, the use of such communication tools has caused some concern on how to properly apply them for strategic purposes. Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of how social media should be added to public-involvement activities such as citizen juries, public deliberation, and citizen panels. Readers will be offered insights into the critical design considerations for planning, carrying out, and assessing public-involvement initiatives. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as citizen journalism, online activism, and public discourse, this book is ideally designed for corporate professionals, broadcasters, news writers, column editors, politicians, policy managers, government administrators, academicians, researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of political science, communications, sociology, mass media and broadcasting, public administration, and community-service learning.

Author : David Ramírez Plascencia,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,Avery Plaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000326109

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The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 2) by David Ramírez Plascencia,Barbara Carvalho Gurgel,Avery Plaw Pdf

This volume focuses on the hyper-mediatization of Latin America from the citizen’s perspective, considering the social impact and how people embrace information technologies to improve their living conditions, engage in political issues and the role of digital journalism in promoting democratic values in Latin America. The book is divided into three parts: ‘Digital Media and Daily Life in Latin America’ explores cases related to the integration of digital media such as mobile devices, social platforms and, even, drones to diverse commercial, private and social activities. ‘Information technologies and civic engagement’ gives special attention to the new political practices triggered by the irruption of smartphones and platforms, especially inside organizations and social movements in Latin America. ‘Journalism and Media Integrity in the Age of Post-truth’ centers on the study of digital journalism and the new media landscape, and related issues like precarization of labor conditions and the crisis of reliability in media. This second volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of social use of digital media in Latin America, civic engagement, and the connections between politics, journalism and technology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1317613597

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New Technologies and Civic Engagement by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott P. Robertson
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781681733470

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Social Media and Civic Engagement by Scott P. Robertson Pdf

Social media platforms are the latest manifestation in a series of sociotechnical innovations designed to enhance civic engagement, political participation, and global activism. While many researchers started out as optimists about the promise of social media for broadening participation and enhancing civic engagement, recent events have tempered that optimism. As this book goes to press, Facebook is fighting a battle over the massive disclosure of user information during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, social analytics company Cambridge Analytica is being revealed as a major player in micro profiling voters in that same election, bots and fake news factories are undermining democratic discourse via social media worldwide, and the president of the United States is unnerving the world as a stream-of-consciousness Twitter user. This book is a foundational review of current research on social media and civic engagement organized in terms of history, theory, practice, and challenges. History reviews how researchers and developers have continuously pushed the envelope to explore technology enhancements for political and social discourse. Theory reveals that the use of globally-networked social technologies touches many fields including political science, sociology, psychology, media studies, network science, and more. Practice is examined through studies of political engagement both in democratic situations and in confrontational situations. Challenges are identified in order to find ways forward. For better or worse, social media for civic engagement has come of age. Citizens, politicians, and activists are utilizing social media in innovative ways, while bad actors are discovering possibilities for spreading dissension and undermining trust. We are at a sobering inflection point, and this book is your foundation for understanding how we got here and where we are going.