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Title | ||
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Are ICT/Web 2.0 Tools Influencing Civic Engagement in Modern Democracies?: An Exploratory Analysis from India |
Abstract | ||
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Web 2.0 tools, while mobilising citizens to make informed choices, may also manipulated public opinion. This hypothesis forms the central theme of this research investigation through the historiography lens. Based on concurrent research from decade, the authors take a closer look at citizen-to-citizen engagement, so as to trace the role of web 2.0 tools, in perhaps manipulating public opinion or enabling democratic governance through reversal of some existing defects in the Indian context. Specifically, they raise these questions: Has ICT enabled civic engagement manipulated public opinion in this developing democracy? Has it succeeded in reversing apparent defects in the electoral system, which is regarded pivotal in democracies? Focusing on the elections, the authors present a synopsis of the use of web 2.0 tools which were seemingly efficiently and prolifically used during the elections albeit to reach out to the large population base in this country. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.4018/jea.2012100105 | IJEA |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
closer look,democratic governance,concurrent research,research investigation,indian context,civic engagement,public opinion,modern democracies,exploratory analysis,central theme,citizen-to-citizen engagement,apparent defect,tools influencing civic engagement,elections,historiography | Public administration,Population,Corporate governance,Sociology,Public relations,Civic engagement,Information and Communications Technology,Web 2.0,Public opinion,Democracy,Historiography | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
4 | 4 | 1937-9633 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indu Nair | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Chandana Unnithan | 2 | 26 | 3.15 |
| Bardo Fraunholz | 3 | 30 | 4.59 |