Title :
Technology and democracy: a panacea for government?
Author :
Alsop, Graham ; Wills, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Kingston Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper considers whether communications theory can help us to understand better the social and juridical impacts of new telecommunications services, particularly in relation to e-democracy and e-government.
Keywords :
government policies; information technology; information theory; legislation; politics; socio-economic effects; telecommunication services; ICT; communications technology; communications theory; democracy; e-democracy; e-government; government; information technology; juridical impacts; politics; social impact; telecommunications services; Communications technology; Cultural differences; Decision making; Global communication; Globalization; Information systems; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication services; US Government; Voting;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON'2001, Trends in Communications, International Conference on.
Conference_Location :
Bratislava, Slovakia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6490-2
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2001.937804
