TY - JOUR
T1 - Shaping the web of civic participation
T2 - Civil society websites in Eastern Europe
AU - Bruszt, László
AU - Vedres, Balázs
AU - Stark, David
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - To study technologies of political participation in the era of internet we examine how civic associations in Eastern Europe create socio-technical platforms of civic participation. The creation of socio-technical platforms combines specific technological features with actors and types of acts. Based on data we collected on 1,585 East European civil society websites we identify five emergent genres of online platforms of civic participation: newsletters, interactive platforms, multilingual solicitations, directories, and brochures. In contrast to the utopistic image of a de-territorialized, participatory global civil society shaped by the new technology, our examination of civil society websites finds that the transnational are not inclined to be participatory and the participatory are less likely to be transnational.
AB - To study technologies of political participation in the era of internet we examine how civic associations in Eastern Europe create socio-technical platforms of civic participation. The creation of socio-technical platforms combines specific technological features with actors and types of acts. Based on data we collected on 1,585 East European civil society websites we identify five emergent genres of online platforms of civic participation: newsletters, interactive platforms, multilingual solicitations, directories, and brochures. In contrast to the utopistic image of a de-territorialized, participatory global civil society shaped by the new technology, our examination of civil society websites finds that the transnational are not inclined to be participatory and the participatory are less likely to be transnational.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=15944416724&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0143814X05000243
DO - 10.1017/S0143814X05000243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:15944416724
SN - 0143-814X
VL - 25
SP - 149
EP - 163
JO - Journal of Public Policy
JF - Journal of Public Policy
IS - 1
ER -