eParticipation: The Research Gaps

Macintosh, Ann; Coleman, Stephen; Schneeberger, Agnes Inge

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“…It could be argued that previous literature seems to be underestimating the complexity of the environment that surrounds citizens participation initiatives, which is turbulent, confused, and comprise various political, social, behavioral, cultural, and technological dimensions [24,35,56], particularly when those initiatives are implemented through social media [23,56]. The latest reviews of eParticipation literature suggests an ongoing shift of the research from a more purely technological focus to a more holistic view, where other social and technological issues could be integrated to investigate citizens' engagement [37,60].…”

Section: Research Rationality and Contributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this sense, approaching the phenomenon of citizens' involvement in e-Participation through social media initiatives in a multi-disciplinary way, as is done in this study, seems to be a rational decision. Pioneer scholars stress the necessity of a multi-disciplinary approach, in which e-Participation domain can greatly benefit from other disciplines [35,36,60]. However, few researchers have adopted multiple perspectives when studying e-Participation topics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Second, considering mandatory versus voluntary contexts, the intention to use may be a more appropriate dependent variable in volunteered usage environments [11,22]. Third, the concepts of acceptance and adoption have been usually used interchangeably particularly in e-Government studies [35,57]. Nevertheless, in the area of information systems (IS) those concepts are distinct.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The proposed model will be helpful for discovering whether citizens accept to engage in e-Participation through social media initiatives, being a sound starting base on which to build a more comprehensive view of citizens' acceptance and adoption in the context of e-Participation. The model also helps academics to address citizen needs in order to conduct further studies on how to lower barriers that may prevent greater citizen participation [30,35,36,44].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Paradoxically, the main problem to solve in e-Participation initiatives is the actual participation of citizens [37,55], since a low level of citizens acceptance and engagement is often recognized in the majority of e-Participation initiatives [35,37,55,57]. Likely, the problem arise due to a misplaced focus of many e-Participation projects, meaning that their major concern is on delivering technological solutions rather than on understanding citizens' needs [61].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Predicting Citizens Acceptance of Government-led e-Participation Initiatives through Social Media: A Theoretical Model

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2017

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Assessing Online Consultation in Participatory Governance: Conceptual framework and a case study of a national sustainability‐related consultation platform in Germany

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Newig

2014

Env Pol Gov

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Experimenting with different forms of public participation in environmental governance, online consultation has become a widely used instrument. While these new forms of participatory mechanisms have attracted considerable scientific interest, research still remains fragmented and largely disconnected from mainstream literature on participatory governance. This article seeks to close this gap by developing an analytical framework that utilizes this literature to bring together formerly isolated findings in the new field of online participation. This framework is subsequently applied to the empirical case of an online consultation called 'Mitreden-U' conducted by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment in 2010. By relating key categories of established concepts (e.g. empowerment, participant selection, information flow), the framework allows us to examine the specific opportunities and challenges of online participation. Findings show that while online participation mechanisms have potential to open up governance structures and provide a venue for meaningful interaction, they also require careful design considerations as well as a cultural change on behalf of public administrators.

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Inequality in Local Digital Politics: How Different Preconditions for Citizen Engagement Can Be Explained

Lidén¹

2016

Policy & Internet

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Digital technologies have struggled to achieve more equal participation in politics, the so‐called “unresolved dilemma of democracy.” Previous research has emphasized the drivers of involvement in digital politics from an individual perspective, but studies looking at the general prerequisites of online engagement in politics are lacking. Not much attention has been directed toward the supply side, namely the online presence of political actors and the structures created by them. Applying a mixed‐method design, this article examines the supply of channels for digital politics distributed by Swedish municipalities. Quantitative data collected from municipality websites are used for both a description and explanation of the varying opportunities for involvement encountered by Swedish citizens as a result of where they live. Two extreme cases are then examined in depth in which preconditions for involvement are particularly weak. We find that significant variation exists between municipalities and that these patterns are explained primarily by population size, but also by economic conditions and education levels. The cases show how a lack of policies and unenthusiastic politicians creates poor possibilities for development. The findings also verify previous notions that without demand from citizens, in combination with internal ambition from politicians, successful provision of services for digital politics will be hard to achieve.

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eParticipation: The Research Gaps

Cited by 103 publications

References 10 publications

Predicting Citizens Acceptance of Government-led e-Participation Initiatives through Social Media: A Theoretical Model

Predicting Citizens Acceptance of Government-led e-Participation Initiatives through Social Media: A Theoretical Model

Assessing Online Consultation in Participatory Governance: Conceptual framework and a case study of a national sustainability‐related consultation platform in Germany

Inequality in Local Digital Politics: How Different Preconditions for Citizen Engagement Can Be Explained

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