Is Political Participation Online Effective?

2014 ◽  
pp. 345-366
Author(s):  
Patrícia G. C. Rossini ◽  
Rousiley C. M. Maia
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Draft Bill ◽  
Legislative Activities ◽  
Political Decisions

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) conducts an e-democracy initiative that enables people to participate in political decisions regarding legislation. “Portal E-Democracia” is the name of this website in which people can participate in several different ways to speak their minds regarding legislative activities. This chapter analyses the effectiveness of citizens' engagement in the e-democracy initiative through the case study of the discussion of the Internet Civilian Landmark – a bill to regulate Internet use in Brazil. The authors analyse two types of participation: comments to the draft bill and suggestions. To measure the effectiveness of user-participation in such a case of collaborative lawmaking, the authors compare the content of the first draft, the final draft, and the suggestions made through the wikilegis in order to assess whether the discussions maintained within the e-democracy platform were or were not taken into account. This procedure also reveals to what extent online discussion was able to reach political decision-makers and effectively change the Internet's Bill of Rights.

Is Political Participation Online Effective?

2015 ◽  
pp. 844-865
Author(s):  
Patrícia G. C. Rossini ◽  
Rousiley C. M. Maia
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Draft Bill ◽  
Legislative Activities ◽  
Political Decisions

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) conducts an e-democracy initiative that enables people to participate in political decisions regarding legislation. “Portal E-Democracia” is the name of this website in which people can participate in several different ways to speak their minds regarding legislative activities. This chapter analyses the effectiveness of citizens' engagement in the e-democracy initiative through the case study of the discussion of the Internet Civilian Landmark – a bill to regulate Internet use in Brazil. The authors analyse two types of participation: comments to the draft bill and suggestions. To measure the effectiveness of user-participation in such a case of collaborative lawmaking, the authors compare the content of the first draft, the final draft, and the suggestions made through the wikilegis in order to assess whether the discussions maintained within the e-democracy platform were or were not taken into account. This procedure also reveals to what extent online discussion was able to reach political decision-makers and effectively change the Internet's Bill of Rights.

scholarly journals Promoting fan labor and "all things Web": A case study of Tosh.0

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Helens-Hart
Keyword(s):  
Web Site ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
User Participation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Web Site Design ◽  
Site Design ◽  
A Site ◽  
Spreadable Media

Television programs are increasingly paired with interactive media platforms in attempts to reach fragmented audiences though a medium where millions are now seeking entertainment—the Internet. Programs' online presences are cultivated and promoted by paid staffers and unpaid fan laborers. Producers monetize fan activity by guiding its form on their sites. Utilizing the concepts of sticky and spreadable media, an analysis of the Comedy Central show Tosh.0 Web site demonstrates how producers can promote particular types of interactivity through the content and architecture of a multimodal Web site. By designing a site that centralizes the use of popular social media, the producers of Tosh.0 concentrate fans and benefit from their creative labor. Furthermore, this study serves as a test for the scope and usefulness of the concepts of sticky and spreadable media in revealing strategic Web site design that encourages specific types of user participation.

scholarly journals Breaking Down Barriers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Oberg
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Study Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Teacher Librarians

In Canada, as in many countries, teachers are being encouraged to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the Internet into the curriculum. A study conducted in Canada in 1999-2002 examined Internet use in schools through interviews with technology leaders, through surveys of teachers and principals, and through case study investigations of three school districts, each in a different province of Canada. The case study data from the three districts was analyzed, using the NVivo software program, to address three main questions: (1) To what extent was teachers' use of the Internet consistent with “best practice,” as described by Moersch (1999)? (2) What types of support systems appeared to be essential for effective Internet use in classrooms to occur? (3) What was the role of the teacher-librarian in contributing to effective Internet use in classrooms? The study showed that teachers were integrating the Internet into their teaching, but had not yet achieved “best practice,” and that teacher-librarians were influential in supporting teachers’ progress towards “best practice” in the use of the Internet in instruction.

Design Participation as an Insurance: Risk-management and End-user Participation in the Development of Information Systems in Healthcare Organizations

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Timpka ◽  
V. Vimarlund
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
System Development ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
End User ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Information System Development

Summary Objectives: The aim of this paper is to build a theoretical framework for analysis of when decision-makers should use end-user participation as a form of insurance for unforeseen consequences of implementing information systems in healthcare organizations. Method: Data were collected in a case study of an information system development project in a small clinical setting. During the initial phase, the future end-users of the system were allowed to actively influence the system design and test every new tool that was considered for implementation. Results: The results of the case study suggest that when time and effort are invested in allowing health-care staff to participate in information system development processes, the benefits can well exceed the costs throughout the life cycle of the project. Risk-averse decision-makers fearing negative secondary consequences of a HIS, with regard to clinical work flow, will always adopt measures to prevent future failures, if they can find a possibility of shifting these risks. Therefore, they calculate the present discounted value of the effects accrued over time to the unit and predict the amount of resources they are willing to pay to acquire an insurance (such as design participation) that will protect the organization from future losses. Conclusions: End-user participation in the design process can be the key positive influence on the quality of the service and, thereby, organizational effectiveness. Investments in broad design participation can, consequently, be a productive activity that transforms potential current income into future benefits.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Students’ willingness to Communicate in English during an Online Discussion

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Showat Achmad Ardiansyah ◽  
Agus Wijayanto ◽  
Abdul Asib
Keyword(s):  
Online Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Oral Group ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Online Group

A number of studies on WTC have applied various conversational contexts to gain a deeper understanding of students’ WTC. However, there is no study reporting the dynamic nature of one’s WTC during an online oral group discussion. Accordingly, the present study attempted to contribute to the literature of WTC by examining the students’ WTC during an online group discussion. Applying idiodynamic case study, six English-majoring students were recruited. The findings showed that the dynamics of students’ WTC was constructed by psychological, conversational, and linguistic aspects. The use of the internet as the mediator of communication was also found to influence one’s WTC in either positive or negative directions. The analysis showed that the direction of influence of internet on one’s WTC was accounted for by their self-confidence.

Evolutionary information seeking: A case study of personal development and Internet searching

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarkko Kari
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Evolutionary Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Searches ◽  
Internet Searching

This article explores one question: what does Internet searching have to do with personal development? Personal development means that individuals improve their own abilities, skills, knowledge or other qualities by working on them. The paper reports on a qualitative case study, in which a single participant was interviewed and her Web searches observed. Information search strategies seemed to form a spectrum of developmental sophistication. Four major types of relationship were found: a) the Internet in the context of development; b) development in the context of the Internet; c) development affecting Internet use; and, d) Internet use affecting development. There were some informational phenomena which exhibited regression, the converse of development.

Using the Internet to Promote Business Learners’ Autonomy in Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hoang Thu Ba
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Learning Skill ◽  
Use Of The Internet

In Vietnam, despite the widespread use of computers and the Internet in the educational settings, little attention has been paid to the role of the Internet in promoting students’ autonomy. Particularly, in the author’s real teaching context at Thuong Mai University (TMU), there exists a serious problem relating to students’ lack of independency in language learning. The study, therefore, was implemented to investigate the effectiveness of the Internet use in promoting business learners’ autonomy and improving their learning skill. To fulfill the study, questionnaires and interviews were conducted to 200 third-year students and 10 teachers of English at TMU respectively. The qualitative approach was adopted to reveal the significant findings of the descriptive case study on the learners’ positive attitudes and awareness of their learning autonomy through the popularity yet ineffective use of the Internet use but the ineffective use of the Internet in improving English study and motivation, what and how teachers and learners do to promote learners’ autonomy in language learning. The study, consequently, came up with some effective pedagogical implications that may help teachers recognize the significant role of the Internet in enhancing learners’ autonomy inside and outside the class.

scholarly journals European research on children’s internet use: Assessing the past and anticipating the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1103-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Livingstone ◽  
Giovanna Mascheroni ◽  
Elisabeth Staksrud
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Evidence Review ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we reflect critically on the research agenda on children’s Internet use, framing our analysis using Wellman’s three ages of Internet studies and taking as our case study the three phases of research by the EU Kids Online network from 2006 to 2014. Following the heyday of moral panics, risk discourses and censorious policy-making that led to the European Commission’s first Internet Action Plan 1999–2002, EU Kids Online focused on conceptual clarification, evidence review and debunking of myths, thereby illustrating the value of systematic documentation and mapping, and grounding academic, public and policy-makers’ understanding of ‘the Internet’ in children’s lives. Consonant with Wellman’s third age, which emphasizes analysis and contextualization, the EU Kids Online model of children’s online risks and opportunities helps shift the agenda from how children engage with the Internet as a medium to how they engage with the world mediated by the Internet.

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