scholarly journals Democracia virtual no governo da cidade | Virtual democracy in city government

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Egler
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
City Government ◽  
The Political ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Electronic Democracy ◽  
Information And Communication

Resumo A ampliação do uso de tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) por instituições governamentais, partidos políticos e movimentos sociais suscita a questão da democracia virtual, porque contém na tecnologia possibilidades de conexão e interação que permitem formas alternativas de deliberação pública e mais eqüidade no exercício da democracia. O objetivo do estudo apresentado é observar as novas formas de mobilização e ação coletiva que as TIC podem suscitar. Elas colocam em questão os princípios de representação e participação que estruturam o funcionamento das instituições políticas. O nosso estudo se propõe a examinar suas formas particulares, no que se refere à sua aplicação no governo das cidades. A democracia eletrônica aparece como uma tentativa de redefinição das relações entre os cidadãos e as instituições políticas e coloca a questão das modalidades de sua implicação em processos democráticos. Metodologicamente foi realizado um mapeamento e uma análise das práticas políticas que definem as experiências de utilização de redes sociotécnicas. Seu objetivo é avaliar os efeitos da tecnologia sobre a política.Palavras-chave Redes sociotecnicas, novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação, políticas públicas, gestão urbana  Abstract The extensive use of information and communication technologies by government institutions, political parties and social movements raises the question of virtual democracy, because it holds possibilities of connection and interaction which allow alternative public deliberation and more equity in the exercise of democracy. The objective of this study is to observe the new forms of mobilization and collective actions, which could emerge with ICT. They raise the issue of the principles of representation and participation that structure the functioning of political institutions. The article proposes to examine their particular forms, as regards their applications in city government. Electronic democracy appears as an attempt to redefine relations between citizens and political institutions, and discusses the question of the modalities of their implications for democratic process. Methodologically, it is based on mapping and analysis of the political practices which define the experience of socio-technical networks utilization. The objective is to evaluate effects of technology on policy. Keywords Socio-technical networks, information and communication technologies, public policies, urban management

Internet and Political Parties in Chile

2010 ◽  
pp. 276-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Araya Moreno ◽  
Diego Barría ◽  
Gustavo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

Due to the importance that the Internet has gained as a means of communication, literature on political communication has incorporated it as one of its preferred topics of focus. Literature stems almost entirely from Europe and the United States. Very little is known about the political use of new information and communication technologies (NICTs) in other parts of the world. The present chapter aims to provide evidence in that line, starting from the study of the incorporation of the Chilean political parties to the Internet. In specific, the following questions are answered: In what extent do factors such as the organizational characteristics of the political parties explain their greater or lesser adoption of NICTs? What do parties use NICTs for? Furthermore, although briefly, the authors will try to answer the question whether the parties have experienced change in their interaction with the citizenry and their bases because of the usage of NICTs.

Contemporary political and communication processes in political governance

2018 ◽  
pp. 196-207
Author(s):  
Iryna Butyrs’ka
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political System ◽  
Classical Model ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Political Governance

The article is devoted to the analysis of political communication as a special kind of political relations; through which subjects dominate in politics regulate the production and distribution of socio-political ideas. In the modern world, political communication serves as an integral element of political governance, the success of the functioning of the entire political system of society depends on its quality. The author believes that modern political governance has a communicative nature, so political communication plays a leading role in the information society. This, in turn, leads to a change in the classical model of political governance, based on the coercion and legitimate legitimacy of violence by the communicative model of political governance. At the same time, information and communication technologies and the development of new means of communication directly change the system of relations between the state and society, including in the political sphere, which already influences the effectiveness of political management of society through traditional instruments, posing to the states and political institutions the problem of developing new approaches to political communication with the masses. The underestimation of the consequences of the introduction of modern information and communication technologies in everyday life can become a powerful factor in destabilizing the political system, associated with a sharp drop in the effectiveness of classical mass models of political governance.

scholarly journals The disempowering Goverati: e-Aristocrats or the Delusion of e-Democracy

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismael Peña-López
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political System ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication

When disaffection on political parties and politicians is pervasive, most argue whether it could be possible, thanks to the Internet – and Information and Communication Technologies in general – forget the mainstream political system and let the citizenry express their own opinion, debate in virtual agorae and vote their representatives and policy choices directly. In other words, the claim is whether the actual intermediaries can be replaced by citizen networks or, in the limit, just be overridden.Our aim in the following lines is to (1) explain that some dire (socioeconomic) changes are actually taking place,(2) why these socioeconomic changes are taking place and (3) infer, from this, what conditions shall take place in the future for (4) another wave of changes to happen that could eventually a much acclaimed new (e-)democracy. In a last section, we will discuss that despite lack of data, the trend seems to be just in the direction of the impoverishment of democracy, partly due to the weakening of political institutions.

scholarly journals Use of Russia’s Information and Communication Technologies in Political Instrumentalization of Ukraine’s History

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Serhiy Danylenko ◽  
Olena Shcherbatiuk
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation

The political instrumentalization of the history of Ukraine carried out by the Russian Federation in the framework of the information war against Ukraine is covered in this article. This instrumentalization is exercised through media communication employing historical and political myths and narratives to vindicate Russia’s aggressive actions. The latest information and communication technologies used by the Kremlin in the information war against Ukraine have been identified in this paper. Such destructive efforts often derail Ukrainian-Polish relations, which are particularly sensitive to historical and political issues. The reasons for the drawbacks of the Ukrainian authorities in counteracting the information aggression on the part of the Russian Federation are distinguished, and the measures that would contribute to an effective response to such aggression are outlined.

E-Democracy Systems and Participation Outcomes in Urban Governance

2013 ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeev Sharma ◽  
Atreyi Kankanhalli ◽  
Mahdieh Taher
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Field Information

The concept of democracy has a long tradition of research in the political science domain. In recent years, advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have provided opportunities for governments to deploy systems to actively engage citizens in the agenda-setting and decision-making processes for urban governance. Consequently, e-democracy and e-participation efforts have emerged and attracted researchers’ attention in the Information Systems (IS) field. Information systems lay the foundations of active citizenry, which may impact on the participation outcome. However, in order to maximize the potential of this evolving form of democracy, researchers and practitioners need to address a number of challenges in the design of participation structures for city governance. This chapter sets out to explore e-democracy systems and their impact on a number of e-participation outcomes. Outlining both promoters and barriers of ICT use for e-democracy, the authors also uncover gaps in the previous literature and identify an agenda for future research.

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Demirhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Communicative Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

2015 ◽  
pp. 1196-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Demirhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Communicative Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.

The Role of Parliamentary Websites in the Budget Process

2012 ◽  
pp. 180-196
Author(s):  
Tolga Demirbas
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Political Function ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Government

The “power of the purse” is one of the fundamental powers of the parliament. This power is defined as a parliament’s authority to determine the amount of public expenditures to be made and the category and amount of taxes to be collected from citizens. To exercise this power, parliaments must debate and review the budget drawn up by the government to ensure that it reflects the preferences of citizens. Nevertheless, it is quite apparent that parliaments today do not sufficiently debate government budgets and do not completely exercise their existing authority. This development weakens the political function of the budget process and sometimes leads to non-optimal budget outcomes. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly websites, are significant tools that parliaments have at their disposal to address this problem. When they are effectively designed, parliamentary websites can contribute to more efficient outcomes to the budget process by enabling the members of a parliament and the citizens they represent to involve themselves in that process. This chapter addresses the potential contributions of parliamentary websites to the budget process. These contributions promise to make budget information more transparent and understandable. This chapter engages in this task by using a content-analysis methodology to examine the website of the Turkish parliament.

Community Informatics for Electronic Democracy

2011 ◽  
pp. 251-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Electronic Democracy ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Strengthening Families ◽  
Institutional Initiatives

People living together in harmonious communities is the primary goal of most modern societies. The way these communities are built depends on the ideas, values and ideals of the society in which it is carried out. Campfens discerns two perspectives: “From a humanitarian perspective, it may be seen as a search for community, mutual aid, social support, and human liberation in an alienating, oppressive, competitive, and individualistic society. In its more pragmatic institutional sense, it may be viewed as a means for mobilizing communities to join state or institutional initiatives that are aimed at alleviating poverty, solving social problems, strengthening families, fostering democracy, and achieving modernization and socioeconomic development” (1997: 25). Yet any community is only viable when all members can communicate with each other. Nowadays, the possible ways of communication have expanded enormously, especially since the convergence of informatics and telecommunication into information and communication technologies (ICT) offers a powerful tool.

Building Sound Foundations for Smart City Government

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Jochen Scholl ◽  
Marlen Jurisch ◽  
Helmut Krcmar ◽  
Margit C. Scholl
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
City Government ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
The City

City governments around the world have increasingly engaged in “smart city” initiatives. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are at the core of these initiatives. City governments appear to play important roles in making the urban spaces, in which they are embedded, more attractive, more competitive, more livable, and smarter. The authors interviewed City officials in Munich, Germany, and asked for the definitions of “smart city,” which they then compared to Munich's smart city-related program. While the practitioners' definitions differed in part from those in the academic literature, the smart city overhaul program at Munich city government had a direct relationship to the practitioners' understanding of smartness. The authors portray and discuss the City of Munich institutional architecture overhaul and its expected and realized benefits, and compare the results to those of an earlier study on the City of Seattle. Both city governments evidently pursue different approaches, the effectiveness of which can more readily be assessed only at a future point of the smart city evolution.

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