72,913 research outputs found
Communication Policy: the Efforts to Strengthen Civil Society
In the last decades there were a tendency to make public institution more open and greater public participation in decision making. It is believed that transparency is the only way to strengthen public institutions which it is highly possible because of the progress in Information and Communication Technology. Nowadays Indonesia is entering the Era of Opennes. The idea of civil society and establisihng social welfare which is the first priority require partnership between the government and public. The whole stakeholder should cooperate to improve accessibility on ICT and should develope information and communication infra structure, and should improve application of ICT in every aspect of public services
Recommended from our members
Both Sides of the Story: Communication Ethics in Mediatized Worlds
Current transformations in the media landscape are challenging contemporary communication and media ethics in at least 2 ways. First, digitization of the media creates new ethical problems that stimulate calls for a redefinition of the norms and values of public communication. Second, new instruments of web-based media observation introduce new possibilities for media (self-)regulation and accountability, thus complementing the initiatives of traditional institutions like press councils. The article retraces those conflicting developments by reference to 2 comparative studies, representing the diverging traditions of conventional communication ethics and media accountability research. In bridging over the conceptual gap between the 2 forms of research, the article develops new perspectives for ethical reflection in the mediatized worlds of the digital ag
EMPOWERING CITIZENSâ VOICES IN THE ERA OF E-GOVERNMENT: IMPLICATIONS FROM SOUTH KOREAN CASES
The rise of the Internet sparked an intense debate on the democratic potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This research illustrates how web technologies enable ordinary citizens to articulate their interests in policy processes and enhance the organizational intelligence of local governments. The two South Korean cities introduced in this article adopted internet applications that allowed citizens to contact public officials or city mayors directly, resulting in dramatic increases in online civic input into local governance. Citizensâ political efficacy was encouraged both by government feedback and by the system that enabled their evaluation of the feedback. Despite the substantive contributions of the applications to local governance, formalistic responses from some public officials indicate challenges in building citizensâ trust in government through the use of ICTs. To address the challenges, it is necessary to cultivate the innovative leadership of senior public mangers and develop the institutional mechanisms encouraging public officialsâ sincere responses to citizensâ online requests.E-government, Internet, Citizen Participation, Civic Engagement, Urban Governance.
Genomic stuff: Governing the (im)matter of life
Emphasizing the context of what has often been referred to as âscarce natural resourcesâ, in particular forests, meadows, and fishing stocks, Elinor Ostromâs important work Governing the commons (1990) presents an institutional framework for discussing the development and use of collective action with respect to environmental problems. In this article we discuss extensions of Ostromâs approach to genes and genomes and explore its limits and usefulness. With the new genetics, we suggest, the biological gaze has not only been turned inward to the management and mining of the human body, also the very notion of the âbiologicalâ has been destabilized. This shift and destabilization, we argue, which is the result of human refashioning and appropriation of âlife itselfâ, raises important questions about the relevance and applicability of Ostromâs institutional framework in the context of what we call âgenomic stuffâ, genomic material, data, and information
Smartness. The face of the integration in the new âperformingâ society
Economia, potere, cosĂŹ come case, persone e lavoro, ma prima di ogni altra cosa cittĂ : tutto negli
ultimi anni Ăš chiamato a diventare âsmartâ. Ă questa lâera della smart economy, della smart
governance, della smart home, delle smart people, dello smart work e della sempre piĂč
imperante smart city. Con il sostegno della scienza, o meglio delle diverse scienze (ingegneria,
politologia, urbanistica, architettura, sociologia, etc.) che ne spieghino i fondamenti a monte e
della politica che, ai vari livelli (nazionali e internazionali), ne orienti i processi a valle, la
smartness diventa il nuovo orizzonte della societĂ contemporanea a cui conformare senso e
prassi su scala planetaria. Ma cosa significa, per un luogo come per una attivitĂ , per una persona
come per una collettivitĂ , essere âsmartâ? Qual Ăš il denominatore comune che lega tra loro le
diverse declinazioni del termine, come gli ambiti di applicazione? Quanto questa ricerca di
intelligenza Ăš ricerca di efficienza? E quanto lâefficienza Ăš di per sĂ© garanzia di intelligenza?
Dopo un breve excursus sul concetto in oggetto e suoi ambiti esplicativi, lâanalisi si concentra
sul postulato dellâintegrazione quale principale condizione di realizzazione della smartness,
anche per fini efficientisti. Ă lâintegrazione la vera sfida contenuta nella smartness e la vera
promessa, al momento non mantenuta, della societĂ performante
Reinventing Media Activism: Public Interest Advocacy in the Making of U.S. Communication-Information Policy, 1960-2002
This report is a long-term analysis of citizens' collective action to influence public policy toward communication and information. The work discusses in greater detail what is meant by communication and information policy (CIP) and why we think it is worthwhile to study it as a distinctive domain of public policy and citizen action. The report concentrates on citizen action in the United States and looks backwards, tracing the long-term evolutionary trajectory of communications-information advocacy in the USA since the 1960s. We focus on the concept of citizen collective action and explain its relevance to CIP.Research supported by the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, or the Ford Foundation
Proxy of democracy? : metaphors of connection as arguments against representation
This paper aims to assess the arguments that claim representative democracy may be enhanced or replaced by an updated electronic version. Focusing on the dimension of elections and electioneering as the core mechanism of representative democracy I will discuss: (1) the proximity argument used to claim the necessity of filling the gap between decision-makers and stakeholders; (2) the transparency argument, which claims to remove obstacles to the publicity of power; (3) the bottom-up argument, which calls for a new form of legitimacy that goes beyond classical mediation of parties or unions; (4) the public sphere argument, referred to the problem of hierarchical relation between voters and their representatives; (5) the disintermediation argument, used to describe the (supposed) new form of democracy following the massive use of ICTs. The first way of conceptualizing e-democracy as different from mainstream 20th century representative democracy regimes is to imagine it as a new form direct democracy: this conception is often underlying contemporary studies of e-voting. To avoid some of the ingenuousness of this conception of e-democracy, we should take a step back and consider a broader range of issues than mere gerrymandering around the electoral moment. Therefore I shall problematize the abovementioned approach by analyzing a wider range of problems connected to election and electioneering in their relation with ICTs
The Information Commons: a public policy report
This report describes the history of the information commons, presents examples of online commons that provide new ways to store and deliver information, and concludes with policy recommendations. Available in PDF and HTML versions.BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE at NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
Democracy Program, Free Expression Policy Project
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th floor New York NY 10013
Phone: (212) 998-6730 Web site: www.brennancenter.org
Free Expression Policy Project: www.fepproject.or
The Information Commons: a public policy report
This report describes the history of the information commons, presents examples of online commons that provide new ways to store and deliver information, and concludes with policy recommendations. Available in PDF and HTML versions.BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE at NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
Democracy Program, Free Expression Policy Project
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th floor New York NY 10013
Phone: (212) 998-6730 Web site: www.brennancenter.org
Free Expression Policy Project: www.fepproject.or
- âŠ