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Governance, social media and the cybercitizen - always in motion is the future

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posted on 2024-07-09, 12:07 authored by Andrew Power

This article considers the emerging technologies known as Web 2.0 and how changing technologies may change the way we think about governance. In the last thirty years digital computing has had a transformational effect on the way governments view the world. The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by governments has led to a more quantitative approach to solving problems; seen in the emergence of new public management and managerialism in public administration. This article uses a theoretical framework, built on the phenomenology of tools and governance through choice, to argue that recent developments in the technologies generally referred to as Web 2.0, and social networking in particular, are leading to governments using technology in different and more interactive ways. The author concludes that these developments will broaden the impact of technology on governance, produce a more qualitative approach and empower the interconnected citizen.


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Institute of Art, Design & Technology

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SCRIPTed

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Volume X, Issue X

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08-2013

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  • Information Technology

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  • Yes

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Power, A. (2013). Governance, social media and the cybercitizen - always in motion is the future. SCRIPTed 10(2), DOI: 10.2966/scrip.100213.231

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10.2966/scrip.100213.231

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