Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
Technology and the Nature of Active Citizenship - EuroAfrica-ICT
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Analytical Framework & Research<br />
Methods<br />
• Consultative Model<br />
o polling, access <strong>of</strong> voters <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r interested parties to<br />
government, representation <strong>of</strong> views,<br />
o advisory referendums<br />
o ‘push-button democracy’, ‘e-voting’ - direct democracy -<br />
instantaneous opinion polling<br />
o access as a technical issue - problems <strong>of</strong> self-selection <strong>of</strong><br />
citizen respondents<br />
o direct <strong>and</strong> unmediated contact between citizen <strong>and</strong> state<br />
o ‘electronic town meetings’<br />
o agenda framing as critical issue<br />
o technological lag among citizens <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir representatives<br />
o unilinear model <strong>of</strong> information
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