Technology use in the 2009 South African elections
by Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, Danish Technological Institute Much has been reported about the successful campaigning, fund raising and support canvassing by the 2008 Obama election campaign. Still the...
View ArticleWhere are the eParticipants?
The rise of social media and social networking as part of it brought both advantages and problems to eParticipation projects. On the one hand online time is limited for each potential participant of an...
View ArticleIs the Internet a democratic media?
Recent events in Iran show that the Internet is a form of media which can be used to support communication in democratic processes. However, the Internet is also a place where anonymous people can...
View ArticleMichael Jackson Delays the Revolution!
Last week many popular news sites (CNN, BBC, techradar etc.) reporting the unexpected death of pop legend Michael Jackson caused a world-wide slow down of the Internet which caused many popular...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 Update: 5th Ministerial eGovernment Conference and 4th European...
Much focus has been on Web 2.0 technology as an enabler for wider dissemination, awareness raising and not least participation and transparency. It is therefore interesting to see that Web 2.0...
View ArticleGoogle Buzz, Twitter and Blogs: Identifying distributed public opinions
The launch of Google Buzz, the search gigants attempt to get into the microblogging and status update world dominated by Twitter, yesterday again shows that the age of distributed publishing is here....
View ArticleMember project: TalkIssues by the Democratic Society
As the election campaign in the UK gets up to speed, PEP-NET member the Democratic Society is working with well-known blogger Kevin Anderson and social media consultancy FutureGov to focus discussion...
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Bobbies on the Tweet: Campaigning or Transparency?
Photo by ianfuller on Flickr Greater Manchester Police have been using Twitter to demonstrate how many incidents are reported in a day, and showing the variety of things they have to deal with,...
View ArticleBirmingham Politician Arrested for a Tweet
A Birmingham councillor has been arrested for allegedly inciting violence against a newspaper columnist. As reported on Davepress, the BBC and the Guardian, and also discussed on Jon Hickman’s blog, in...
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Walsall illuminates its citizens using Twitter
Photo by Techie Kev on Flickr.com As reported in the Guardian, Walsall City Council is conducting a 24 hour experiment to publicise what it does. Starting at 6.00 UK time today, four Twitter streams...
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