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Hyperlocal Government Engagement online (2015)
Report
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2015). Hyperlocal Government Engagement online. Edinburgh, Scotland: Communities and Culture Network

This report presents a seed research project funded by the CCN+, that investigated digital engagement by three neighbouring Scottish Community Councils (CCs) in a distinct area of a Scottish city. Recent work had shown that CCs generally do not use t... Read More about Hyperlocal Government Engagement online.

You can’t say politics on the internet? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). You can’t say politics on the internet?. [http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114803/1/Final-report-A-Manifesto-for-Digital-Messiness.pdf]

I have been interested in how governments use the internet to engage with citizens for a few years now. Of course, I’m very late to this party – e-democracy was ‘invented’ over 20 years ago. I didn’t start from there – I stumbled into researching how... Read More about You can’t say politics on the internet?.

Digital Proxies – a potential new research area (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). Digital Proxies – a potential new research area. [https://bruceryan.info/2015/03/13/digital-proxies-a-potential-new-research-area/]

What is a digital proxy? A digital proxy would be someone who undertakes a citizen’s online affairs, principally around digital participatory or elective democracy, because the citizen cannot use the internet for some reason. Paper was a contri... Read More about Digital Proxies – a potential new research area.

digiCC workshop outcomes report (2015)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2015). digiCC workshop outcomes report. Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh Napier University

A workshop on digital engagement by Community Councils (CCs) was hosted by Edinburgh Napier University on 30 January 2015 to which members from 35 CCs came. Facilitated sessions were held to establish common perceptions of problems and ways to addres... Read More about digiCC workshop outcomes report.