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US: Web 2.0 in the process of eParticipation
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Published date
6 October 2009
Country
North America
Domain
eGovernment
Topic
eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting
Languages
English
Author
R.Erdem ERKUL, Aysu KES ERKUL
Publisher
National Center For Digital Government (NCDG), USA
License of the document
Other
Submitted By
R.Erdem ERKUL (Hacettepe University Department of Political Science, Editor of digital-government.net) | Turkey

eParticipation | web 2.0 | Strategy | digital government | social media tools | public involvement

Complete title:
Web 2.0 in the Process of eParticipation: the Case of Organizing for America and the Obama Administration

Descritption text (short summary):
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama during the 2008 elections sparked new discussion about the public engagement issue in the political processes. The campaign used Web 2.0 tools intensively to reach the general public, seek support and collect feedback from voters.

In this paper, the major website of this project, "Organizing for America" (OFA), is analysed from the perspective of eParticipation, which is a concept that includes all the processes of public involvement via information and communication technologies.

Number of pages: 19

Original URL
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/ncdg/32/
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