Dr Bruce Ryan B.Ryan@napier.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Bruce Ryan B.Ryan@napier.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Peter Cruickshank P.Cruickshank@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
A survey of Scottish Community Councils found that only 22% have up-to-date online public presences. Only 4% of Community Councils have easily accessible online planning content. Most Community Councils websites communicate from Community Councils to citizen – only 10% use social media to host online discussion and opinion-gathering. Local Authority-hosted presences guarantee that Community Councils have presence but not that they are up to date. Such presences are also not content-rich. Community Councils’ own volition makes the difference between having no presence at all, mediocre presences and informative, content-rich presences that may serve citizens well. Suggestions to improve matters include broadening the scope of Local Authority-hosted presences and CCs mentoring each other.
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Community Councils online: a survey. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Napier University
Report Type | Technical Report |
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Publication Date | 2012-10 |
Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 23, 2013 |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.14297/enr.2016.000001 |
Keywords | Community Councils; local governement; internet; electronic democracy; transparency; Scotland; Great Britain; local democracy |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5758 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.14297/enr.2016.000001 |
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