Governance, social media and the cybercitizen - always in motion is the future.
Abstract
This article considers the emerging technologies known as Web 2.0 and how
changing technologies may change the way we think about governance. In the last
thirty years digital computing has had a transformational effect on the way
governments view the world. The use of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) by governments has led to a more quantitative approach to solving
problems; seen in the emergence of new public management and managerialism in
public administration. This article uses a theoretical framework, built on the
phenomenology of tools and governance through choice, to argue that recent
developments in the technologies generally referred to as Web 2.0, and social
networking in particular, are leading to governments using technology in different and
more interactive ways. The author concludes that these developments will broaden the
impact of technology on governance, produce a more qualitative approach and
empower the interconnected citizen.
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