Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms
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Social Technologies LAB, Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities g. 20, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Faculty of Creative Industries, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10221 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Informatics 2020, 7(4), 46; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040046
Received: 19 August 2020 / Revised: 19 October 2020 / Accepted: 20 October 2020 / Published: 21 October 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Paper in Informatics)
The new communication paradigm supported by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) puts end-users at the center of innovation processes, thereby shifting the emphasis from technology to people. Citizen centric approaches such as New Public Governance and Open Government in the public management research suggest that government alone cannot be responsible for creating public value. Traditional approaches to public engagement and governmental reforms remain relevant, however our research is more interested in the ability of a networked society to resolve social problems for itself, i.e., without government intervention. In seeking to gain insights into bottom up co-creation processes, this paper aims to collect and generalize information on the international civic technology platforms by focusing on three dimensions: identification of the objectives (content), classification of main stakeholder groups (actors), and definition of co-creative methods (processes). In view of a paucity of research on Civic Technologies, the content analysis will extend the understanding of this growing field and allow us to identify the patterns in their development.
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Skaržauskienė, A.; Mačiulienė, M. Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms. Informatics 2020, 7, 46. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040046
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Skaržauskienė A, Mačiulienė M. Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms. Informatics. 2020; 7(4):46. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040046
Chicago/Turabian StyleSkaržauskienė, Aelita; Mačiulienė, Monika. 2020. "Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms" Informatics 7, no. 4: 46. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040046
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