Outputs (2)

Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masters, Z., Masters, Z., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2004, August). Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation. Presented at Electronic government : third international conference, EGOV 2004, Zaragoza, Spain

Research originally suggested that new technologies, particularly the Internet, provided a useful mechanism for engaging young people - an otherwise largely disenfranchised group. Subsequent to the evaluation of a number of pioneering projects in thi... Read More about Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation.

Culture and context in an online voting system for young people (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whyte, A., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2003, August). Culture and context in an online voting system for young people. Presented at IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7 Summer School on Risks and Challenges of the Network Society

This paper describes the design and evaluation of an e-voting system used to elect representatives to a local youth parliament, in the Highland region of Scotland. The system was designed with a team of young people, based on their input and the eval... Read More about Culture and context in an online voting system for young people.