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The emergence of digital governance
Author(s) -
Macintosh Ann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2008.00325.x
Subject(s) - key (lock) , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , the internet , internet governance , political science , internet privacy , public relations , computer science , world wide web , media studies , business , sociology , computer security , linguistics , philosophy , finance
Barack Obama won the American Election in a campaign in which Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were key elements and the internet was used as never before. But after the election, what next? Can digital technologies help citizens to participate in government as well as to elect it? Ann Macintosh examines the future of digital governance.