The editors, as well as some of its authors, are researchers at the Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento-CEBRAP (Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning) (www.cebrap.org.br), a partner of the Citizenship Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, at the University of Sussex (www.drccitizenship.org). Although this anthology has a decided regional focus, it maintains a sense of its place within a growing global consciousness of similar experiments and debates being held on the general subject of deliberative democracy.
Purpose Information systems (IS) play an important role in contemporary society, but critical questions remain on their potential use and impact on democracy. This study aims to contribute to the discussion on which technology can be adequate to which major challenge of democratic governance, through the identification and pairing of challenges of democratic governance with specific information technologies with the potential to be used in applications related to this challenge. This perspective can be considered positioned in the confluence between IS, political science and public administration. Design/methodology/approach Design science research, a research approach in IS, was used. The suggestion of a conceptual framework with pairs of challenges in democratic governance and information technologies was initially developed. In a subsequent phase, this framework was discussed and assessed through interviews with a panel of selected experts in e-government and IS, reaching a revised conceptual framework. Findings Results suggest that the conceptual pairing of challenges in democratic governance with IS’s solutions such as artificial intelligence, systems integration or blockchain technologies, for instance, if used in a critical, transparent and accountable way, can play a role in capacitating the delivery of better public services and contribute to encouraging citizen trust and political participation. These results may contribute to open a methodological agenda dedicated to the selection of adequate IS resources to address specific challenges of democratic governance, as well as to help in the development of public policies in the area. Originality/value Previous studies on digital government offer important insights on the impact of information and communication technologies-enabled public governance tools for government openness, public service efficiency and user-friendliness, and for citizen political participation and societal mobilization. But the literature still lacks a systematic conceptual framework mapping and assessing the role of distinctive IS instruments in democratic challenge-solving and specifying functional relationships between specific technology and democratic outcomes. This paper aims to contribute to filling this analytical gap.
RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta e discute as premissas e desafios na construção de um painel online de utilizadores da Internet, com foco na experiência pioneira do Living Lab on Media Content and Platforms (LLMCP). Ao longo de 2018, o LLMCP desenvolveu uma extensão do GoogleChrome capaz de monitorizar, em tempo real, a navegação dos utilizadores da Internetatravés deste browser – o mais difundido entre os portugueses. Para poder iniciar a recolha de informação empírica, através de um painel online de utilizadores da Internet, o projeto adotou um conjunto de procedimentos teóricos, metodológicos e operativos no desenvolvimento tanto da ferramenta de monitorização quanto na captação de utilizadores disponíveis para a inscrição no painel. A ampla disseminação de tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) tem vindo a modificar a forma como as pessoas vivem em sociedade e como organizam as suas relações sociais. Compreender a sociedade de informação passa pela criação de tecnologias e procedimentos para investigar essas novas formas de organização e estruturação dos comportamentos dos indivíduos. Para além do estudo de caso do LLMCP, este artigo problematiza brevemente o impacto dos métodos assentes na inquirição, como a entrevista e o questionário, na pesquisa dos comportamentos online. Os resultados apontam para duas linhas de raciocínio. Por um lado, para a ideia de que a adoção em massa de TIC tem vindo a contribuir para a criação de novas oportunidades, no domínio dos métodos de investigação em ciências sociais e humanas. Por outro lado, para a ideia de que as abordagens inovadoras necessitam de enfrentar os receios relacionados com a vigilância e o controlo, que afligem as sociedades hiperconectadas.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: comportamentos; monitorização; privacidade; métodos de investigação em ciências sociais; Internet. ABSTRACT: This paper presents and discusses the assumptions and challenges for developing an online panel of Internet users, focusing on the pioneering experience of the Living Lab on Media Content and Platforms (LLMCP). Throughout 2018, LLMCP developed a Google Chrome extension able to monitor, in real-time, the navigation of Internet users through this browser - the most widely used by the Portuguese. In order to initiate the collection of empirical information through an online panel of Internet users, the project adopted a set of theoretical, methodological and operational procedures in the development of both the monitoring tool and to attract participants. The dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been changing the way people live in society and how they organize their social relationships. Understanding that the information society involves the creation of technologies and procedures to investigate these new forms of organization and structuring of individuals' behaviors. In addition to the LLMCP case study, this article briefly discusses the impact of inquiry methods, such as interview and questionnaire, on online behavioral research. The results point two lines of reasoning. On the one hand, to the idea that mass adoption of ICT has contributed to the creation of new opportunities in the field of research methods in the social and human sciences. On the other hand, innovative approaches still need to overcome surveillance and control fears existing in hyper connected societies.KEYWORDS: behaviours; monitoring; privacy; social research methods; Internet.
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