Mobile Application and Web 2.0 as an E-Participation Mechanism: A Literature Analysis

Abstract

<h1 style="margin-top: 30.0pt; margin-right: 28.05pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 28.05pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Every democratic government always in their goals in achieving inclusiveness in every decision-making process which will prevail in their efforts achieving the full principle of democracy, transparent, accountable, and good governance. Hence, e-participation has profoundly become one set of tools in bridging digital divide between people and their governments (C2G), governments and other government organisations (G2G), government and people (G2C), government and employees (G2E), and government and corporation (G2B) through the utilization advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). In regards to this, the mobile application and Web 2.0 system are often flagged for its potential in improving public participation which intended to improve the current lagging public services and to establish relationships between government and citizens based on virtual information sharing and public debate. Insight of this, does mobile application and Web 2.0 able to deliberately enhance e-participation in everydimension?</span></h1><h1 style="margin-top: 30.0pt; margin-right: 28.05pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 28.05pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Every democratic government always in their goals in achieving inclusiveness in every decision-making process which will prevail in their efforts achieving the full principle of democracy, transparent, accountable, and good governance. Hence, e-participation has profoundly become one set of tools in bridging digital divide between people and their governments (C2G), governments and other government organisations (G2G), government and people (G2C), government and employees (G2E), and government and corporation (G2B) through the utilization advancement of information and communication technology (ICT). In regards to this, the mobile application and Web 2.0 system are often flagged for its potential in improving public participation which intended to improve the current lagging public services and to establish relationships between government and citizens based on virtual information sharing and public debate. Insight of this, does mobile application and Web 2.0 able to deliberately enhance e-participation in everydimension?</span></h1>

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“…A "smart city" is resourceful and innovative in its use of technology and other tools to improve its residents' standard of living, the effectiveness of municipal services, economic vitality, and safety and security [23]. The term "smart cities" refers to urbanization projects implemented at the city's regional scale and include technology in various amenities for the city's residents [7].Therefore, despite the embrace of better access to ICT tools in this today's context of public participation, what can synergies public participation via e-participation implementation mechanism that might can increase the level of public participation among the rural communities with a more significant role of e-government systems via Web 2.0 such as social media platform, official governmental apps, and the other smart devices [24].…”