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Forecasting the impact of ICT on the public sphere
(2019)
Bannister, Frank; Connolly, Regina
Forecasting the impact of ICT on the public sphere
(2019)
Bannister, Frank; Connolly, Regina
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The American baseball play Yogi Berra once observed that “The future ain’t what it used to be”. Berra's colourful expression states a fundamental truth: the future as we perceive it today is, more often than not, not how it was perceived in the past. The proof is in the chequered history of forecasting in every field from politics to technology. e-Government and e-democracy are no exceptions. In this article we examine the problem of inaccurate forecasting of the impact of ICT in the public sector. To do this, we use a typology of forecast failure and then use this typology to examine three case of inaccurate forecasts of the impact of e-government and e-democracy over the past 25 years and ask why these predictions were wrong. Drawing on the lessons from these examples and others, we propose a series of steps/actions that can help to reduce the probability of such errors occurring in the future.
http://doras.dcu.ie/24152/
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On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.
On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation
(2006)
Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.
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A major concern in recent political discourse is that government has become both isolated from and unresponsive to its citizens. Democracy, by definition, demands a two-way flow of communication between government and civil society. ICTs have the potential to facilitate such improved flows of communication â hence, e-democracy and e-consultation. This paper initially draws on focus group discussions on the theme of e-consultation conducted amongst activist citizens on the island of Ireland. High levels of frustration, scepticism and cynicism were expressed on the form, nature and process of extant consultation processes. In follow-up demonstrations, however, the preliminary findings are much more positive suggesting that the potential exists for using e-consultation technologies to enhance democratic processes.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/477/
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