Internet and Social Change in Rural Indonesia

Internet and Social Change in Rural Indonesia
Author: Subekti Priyadharma
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3658355336

This book is based on an empirical research which explores bottom-up development practices initiated and organized by rural communities in the Indonesian periphery by placing “communication” at its core of analysis. The aim is to determine the extent that the Indonesian decentralization policy and the use of internet and other digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has affected the theory and practice of development communication as well as changes in relations between the center and the periphery within the context of Indonesian rural development. The book takes on periphery perspective in center-periphery interactions and relations. Hence, it belongs to "periphery research" that has rarely been used in recent decades. By using Grounded Theory for its data collection and analysis method, the results of this study are grouped into two major thematic categories: “communication development”, instead of development communication, and “communication empowerment”.

The Internet, Democracy and Democratization

The Internet, Democracy and Democratization
Author: Peter Ferdinand
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136332596

The Internet is transforming relations between states and citizens. This study gives examples of how it is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes. It is also used by marginalized anti-democratic groups such as neo-Nazis.

CeDEM14

CeDEM14
Author: Parycek, Peter
Publisher: MV-Verlag
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN: 3902505354

European E-Democracy in Practice

European E-Democracy in Practice
Author: Leonhard Hennen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2019-11-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030271846

This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practices in connection with EU decision-making procedures and institutions. The book features case studies on parliamentary monitoring, e-voting practices, and e-publics, and offers recommendations for improving the integration of e-democracy in European politics and governance. Accordingly, it will appeal to scholars as well as practitioners interested in identifying suitable e-participation tools for European institutions and thus helps to reduce the EU’s current democratic deficit. This book is a continuation of the book “Electronic Democracy in Europe” published by Springer.

Political Participation in the Digital Age

Political Participation in the Digital Age
Author: Julia Tiemann-Kollipost
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-02-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3732848884

This book explores the potential of the Internet for enabling new and flexible political participation modes. It meticulously illustrates how the Internet is responsible for citizens' participation practices from being general, high-threshold, temporally constricted, and dependent on physical presence to being topic-centered, low-threshold, temporally discontinuous, and independent from physical presence. With its ethnographic focus on Icelandic and German online participation tools Betri Reykjavík and LiquidFriesland, the book offers plentiful advice for citizens, programmers, politicians, and administrations alike on how to get the most out of online participation formats.

E-Government: Towards Electronic Democracy

E-Government: Towards Electronic Democracy
Author: Michael Böhlen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2005-02-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540250166

The TCGOV 2005 international conference on e-government was held at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano during March 2–4, 2005. The conference was initiated by the working group “Towards Electronic Democracy” (TED) of the European Science Foundation and was jointly organized by the Free University ofBozen-Bolzano,theMunicipalityofBozen-Bolzano,theTEDWorkingGroup, and the IFIP Working Group 8.5. The conference addressed a large spectrum of issues that are relevant and have to be investigated for a successful transition from the traditional form of government to a new form known as e-government. The main focus was on the following topics: – improving citizen participation and policy making (e-democracy) – government application integration – semantic Web technologies for e-government – security aspects for e-government services Two sessions were dedicated to e-democracy, an emerging area within- government that seeks to enhance democratic processes and provide increased opportunities for individuals and communities to be involved in governmental decisions.Thecontributionsofthesetwosessionscovermorefundamentalresults and insights as well as experiences from di?erent countries. Another focus was on government application integration and the use of - mantic Web technologies, which are important technical aspects on the agenda of e-government research. Di?erent architectures for the integration and orch- tration of distributed services and processes were presented along with two case studies. Three papers about Semantic Web technologies discussed the use of ontologies in e-government.

Managing Democracy in the Digital Age

Managing Democracy in the Digital Age
Author: Julia Schwanholz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319617087

In light of the increased utilization of information technologies, such as social media and the ‘Internet of Things,’ this book investigates how this digital transformation process creates new challenges and opportunities for political participation, political election campaigns and political regulation of the Internet. Within the context of Western democracies and China, the contributors analyze these challenges and opportunities from three perspectives: the regulatory state, the political use of social media, and through the lens of the public sphere. The first part of the book discusses key challenges for Internet regulation, such as data protection and censorship, while the second addresses the use of social media in political communication and political elections. In turn, the third and last part highlights various opportunities offered by digital media for online civic engagement and protest in the public sphere. Drawing on different academic fields, including political science, communication science, and journalism studies, the contributors raise a number of innovative research questions and provide fascinating theoretical and empirical insights into the topic of digital transformation.

CeDEM17

CeDEM17
Author: Parycek, Peter
Publisher: Edition Donau-Universität Krems
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre:
ISBN: 3903150010

The Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM) brings together experts from academia, public authorities, developers and practitioners. The CeDEM proceedings present the essence of academic and practical knowledge on e-democracy and open government. The peer-reviewed academic papers, the reflections, the workshops and the PhD summaries found in these proceedings reveal the newest developments, trends, tools and procedures, and show the many ways that these impact society and democracy.