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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"civic technology"”.
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Evaluating civic technology design for citizen empowerment
Civic technology should empower us as citizens. Despite its breadth as a field, civic technology often takes its lead from Silicon Valley companies that espouse design goals potentially hazardous to participatory democracy. In this dissertation, I explore: How might we design civic technologies for …
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Planning in cyberenvironments: an analysis of the impacts of open data in Chicago
… actors, such as participants in the civic technology community that has gained the trust of citizens, institutions, organizations, and companies. I employed quantitative and qualitative methods, as previous approaches have been highly dominated by quantitative methods lacking a …
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Making change legible : public notices and the visual communication of planning in the U.S.
… theoretical frameworks of open government and civic technology. Leveraging existing scholarship regarding public notice more broadly defined, this thesis develops a three-pronged framework for discussing the efficacy and impact of the posted public notice within the context of planning …
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Samorząd terytorialny w procesie rozwoju metropolitalnego a nowe formy partycypacji
… gros aspektów związanych z tzw. government technology oraz civic technology. Za wprowadzenie do tej części posłużyła analiza crowdsourcingu i jego odmian. Research often lacks a holistic view of the issue of local government units interacting with residents, especially in relation to the …
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Who serves our public servants? : centering core administration in government 2.0
Currently, most literature sees 'civic technology' and the digital service units that build them as an answer to the challenge of modernizing governance and delivering social services. My hypothesis is that, contrary to existing literature, greater digitization alone of government services does not …
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Toward a Smart Civic Engagement: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in E-Government Applications
… apps) encourages municipalities to adopt this technology to improve citizen engagement to improve urban livability. These apps support creating a partnership between the local government and citizens to improve urban development, monitor public services, and report local government …
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Action path : a location-based tool for civic reflection and engagement
Many platforms for civic engagement, whether online or offline, require that citizens leave the places they normally inhabit physically or virtually and commit to a separate space and set of processes. Examples include town hall meetings, occurring during specific times and in specific places, and …