Outputs (53)

'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. F. (2014, May). 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. Presented at CeDEM14

This paper is motivated by the need to understand the reality of the use of the now well-established opportunities offered by the internet to engage with citizens. Building on previous research this paper derives a framework tailored for evaluation o... Read More about 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils..

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.

Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences (2014)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. (2014). Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences. Scottish Affairs, 23(4), 486-507. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0045

Community Councils are the bottom rung of Scotland’s democracy ladder, having few – but highly significant – statutory consultative duties (especially with regard to planning) and no service-delivery duties. Generally they have failed to live up to e... Read More about Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences.

Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal. Information Polity, 18, 367-370. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130318

Jose Marichal’s investigation into Facebook, as a setting for democracy and potential influence on the public sphere, identifies something special about Facebook that both makes it popular and unique, even among social networking sites. This enables... Read More about Review of Facebook Democracy. The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J.Marichal.

Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds. (2013)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E. (2013). Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds. Information Polity, 18, 93-96. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-130298

Brian Loader and Dan Mercea rally a group of political/social/media scientists to shed light on social media and democracy. Is social media supporting transformations of democratic power or merely inspiring the latest round of cyber-utopian hype? Cur... Read More about Review of 'Innovations in Participatory Politics' by B. Loader and D. Mercea, eds..

Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lazar, J., Barbosa, S., Gulliksen, J., McEwan, T., Normand, L. M., Palanque, P., Prates, R., Tsai, J., Winckler, M., & Wulf, V. (2013, April). Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. Presented at 2013 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to... Read More about Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally..

Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research (2012)
Book Chapter
Edelmann, N., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research. In A. Manoharan, & M. Holzer (Eds.), E-Governance and Civic Engagement (338-361). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch017

This chapter looks at e-petitioning as a successful application of e-participation from a psychological perspective. It notes that e-participation should not be viewed uncritically, as digital technologies cannot remedy all (political) problems: inde... Read More about Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research.

Participation spaces. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E. (2012, September). Participation spaces. Presented at Fourth international conference on eParticipation (ePart 2012)

A wide democratic view of participation and eParticipation informs research centred on citizens’ experiences of participation. Case studies of participation are conceived in the vein of work place studies: ethnographic approaches to studying current... Read More about Participation spaces..

Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kimpeler, S., Lindner, R., Taylor-Smith, E., & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012, July). Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot. Paper presented at IPSA XXII World Congress of Political Science

Several studies recently identified risks and advantages to young people in using the Internet and explicitly recognise the importance of young people’s informed involvement in tackling these issues. This paper presents the approach, implementation a... Read More about Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion - lessons obtained from an EU pilot..

Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy (2012)
Book Chapter
Taylor-Smith, E., Kimpeler, S., & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012). Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy. In Y. Charalabidis, & S. Koussouris (Eds.), Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance (181-197). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27219-6_10

This chapter describes an eParticipation model, designed to be especially appropriate to young people and complex topics: distributed discussion. It draws on the experiences of the HUWY project, which piloted a distributed discussion model, in four c... Read More about Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy.

HUWY D7.4 Results (2011)
Report
Kimpeler, S., Lehner, C., Lindner, R., Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2011). HUWY D7.4 Results. Edinburgh: European Community

HUWY (Hub Websites for Youth Participation) was an eParticipation Preparatory Action project, which piloted a distributed (networked) discussion. The pilot ran in Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY aimed to find good ways to support groups of... Read More about HUWY D7.4 Results.

Youth participation through distributed discussion. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P., Taylor-Smith, E., & Kimpeler, S. (2011, September). Youth participation through distributed discussion. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

The paper describes an eParticipation project, piloted in four EU countries: Estonia, Germany, Ireland and the UK. HUWY, Hub Websites for Youth Participation, was an initiative where young people were invited to think about current and future problem... Read More about Youth participation through distributed discussion..

Understanding the “e‐petitioner” (2011)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. (2011). Understanding the “e‐petitioner”. Transforming government: people, process and policy, 5(4), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506161111173577

Purpose: This article considers the ways in which large-scale e-participation projects can be evaluated. It argues that existing evaluation approaches can be improved upon by taking a closer look at the characteristics of the users of such systems, b... Read More about Understanding the “e‐petitioner”.

eParticipation to support the Information Society. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E. (2010, December). eParticipation to support the Information Society. Paper presented at ePractice workshop on eParticipation

eParticipation lives in the Internet. The Internet technologies that help us to organise and share information are changing the way we live and work: we live in an Information Society. The EU aims to update our legal frameworks to promote positive, c... Read More about eParticipation to support the Information Society..

Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Lindner, R. (2010, May). Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle

This paper describes the context and background of the conference workshop “Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle”. EParticipation initiatives are increasingly applying social networking tools and sit... Read More about Social networking tools supporting constructive involvement throughout the policy-cycle..

Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. (2010)
Book Chapter
Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2010). Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. In J.-L. Chappellet, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, A. Macintosh, J. Scholl, E. Tambouris, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation (275-282). Trauner

As one form of online political participation, the e-petitioning is seen as a response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of political disengagement. This paper uses the psychological concept... Read More about Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation..

Online tools and their Impact on young people. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gibson, G., McCusker, P., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2010, June). Online tools and their Impact on young people. Paper presented at ECEG 2010 10th European Conference on eGovernment

The emergence of social media tools and the enthusiasm by which young people have embraced theses tools as one of their primary modes of interaction is well documented in many current studies. One side effect of this growth is recognition that there... Read More about Online tools and their Impact on young people..

Designing e-Participation with Balkan journalists. (2009)
Journal Article
Taylor-Smith, E., & Buckner, K. (2009). Designing e-Participation with Balkan journalists. JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, 1, 12-20

This paper describes the use of scenarios as a central part of the design methodology, in a project to create an e-participation initiative, working with the national news agencies in 3 Western Balkans countries. The stakeholders in the project came... Read More about Designing e-Participation with Balkan journalists..

Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Lindner, R. (2009, November). Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives

This paper describes the context and background of the conference workshop “Social networking tools and widgets to promote or expand eParticipation initiatives”. Social networking tools form many people’s main Internet destination and communication m... Read More about Using social networking tools to promote eParticipation initiatives..

Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. F. (2009, September). Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions

E-petitions are seen as one response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of disengagement. In this paper, some current research into epetitioning in Europe is reviewed, and the need to understa... Read More about Self-efficacy as a factor in the evaluation of e-petitions..