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The WAVE Platform: Utilising Argument Visualisation, Social Networking and Web 2.0 Technologies for eParticipation

The WAVE Platform: Utilising Argument Visualisation, Social Networking and Web 2.0 Technologies for eParticipation

Deirdre Lee, Yojana Priya Menda, Vassilios Peristeras, David Price
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1941-627X|EISSN: 1941-6288|EISBN13: 9781613507032|DOI: 10.4018/jesma.2011070105
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Lee, Deirdre, et al. "The WAVE Platform: Utilising Argument Visualisation, Social Networking and Web 2.0 Technologies for eParticipation." IJESMA vol.3, no.3 2011: pp.69-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070105

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Lee, D., Menda, Y. P., Peristeras, V., & Price, D. (2011). The WAVE Platform: Utilising Argument Visualisation, Social Networking and Web 2.0 Technologies for eParticipation. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), 3(3), 69-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070105

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Lee, Deirdre, et al. "The WAVE Platform: Utilising Argument Visualisation, Social Networking and Web 2.0 Technologies for eParticipation," International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) 3, no.3: 69-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070105

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Abstract

The growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offers governments advanced methods for providing services and governing their constituency. eGovernment research aims to provide the models, technologies, and tools for more effective and efficient public administration systems as well as more participatory decision processes. In particular, eParticipation opens up greater opportunities for consultation and dialogue between government and citizens. Many governments have embraced eParticipation by setting up websites that allow citizens to contribute and have their say on particular issues. Although these sites make use of some of the latest ICT and Web 2.0 technologies, the uptake and sustained usage by citizens is still relatively low. Additionally, when users do participate, there is the issue of how the numerous contributions can be effectively processed and analysed, to avoid the inevitable information overload created by thousands of unstructured comments. The WAVE platform addresses what the authors see as the main barriers to the uptake of eParticipation websites by adopting a holistic and sustained approach of engaging users to participate in public debates. The WAVE platform incorporates argument visualisation, social networking, and Web 2.0 techniques to facilitate users participating in structured visual debates in a community environment.

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