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Review of interactive digital television pilot: final report. (2005)
Report
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2005). Review of interactive digital television pilot: final report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This report presents an evaluation of the Scottish iDTV (interactive Digital Television) pilot. The research reported here was commissioned by the Scottish Executive in May 2005, undertaken by Dr Colin Smith, Napier University a... Read More about Review of interactive digital television pilot: final report..

What's on the box? electronic public services and the future of television. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2003, September). What's on the box? electronic public services and the future of television. Paper presented at XVIIth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public Administration, European Group of Publi

Political parties and democracy in the information age. (2003)
Book Chapter
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (2003). Political parties and democracy in the information age. In R. Gibson, P. Nixon, & S. Ward (Eds.), Political Parties and the Internet: Net Gain? (39-52). Routledge

Members of the Scottish Parliament on the net: using internet based technologies in the Scottish Parliament. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2003, January). Members of the Scottish Parliament on the net: using internet based technologies in the Scottish Parliament. Paper presented at Government and Democracy in the Information Ade (GaDIA) 'Cyberdemocracy' Working G

This paper presents research undertaken into the use of Internet Based Technologies (IBTs) by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). It is based on research findings from a survey of MSPs conducted in Spring 2002. The survey examines MSPs experie... Read More about Members of the Scottish Parliament on the net: using internet based technologies in the Scottish Parliament..

Delivering public services through digital television. (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, C., & Webster, W. (2002). Delivering public services through digital television. Public Money and Management, 22(4), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00326

Digital television (DTV) is central to the future electronic delivery of public services in the UK. Central government has been actively promoting the use of DTV in the public sector, for example in policy statements and by funding pilot schemes to b... Read More about Delivering public services through digital television..

Introduction: Managing Parliaments in the 21st Century (2001)
Book Chapter
Falconer, P., Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2001). Introduction: Managing Parliaments in the 21st Century. In P. Falconer, C. Smith, & W. Webster (Eds.), Managing Parliaments in the 21st Century (1-6). IOS Press

Political parties and democracy: theorising the relationships. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (2001, September). Political parties and democracy: theorising the relationships. Paper presented at European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference; meeting of the Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public

Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships (1999)
Journal Article
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (1999). Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships. Working paper / Faculty of Business, Glasgow Caledonian University,

As a result of the increased public penetration of the Internet and other forms of electronic networks in western liberal democracies there has, for some years now, been a growing academian interest in technologically mediated practices within politi... Read More about Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships.

Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization? (1998)
Book Chapter
Smith, C. F. (1998). Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?. In I. Snellen, & W. Donk (Eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, A Handbook (175-190). IOS Press

In providing an overview of British political parties on the threshold of the 'information age', this chapter argues that any thorough analysis is incomplete without addressing their use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). The... Read More about Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?.

British political parties online: consumerist democracy? (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F. (1997, September). British political parties online: consumerist democracy?. Paper presented at XIth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public Administration, European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference