Going online. Does ICT enabled-participation engage the young in local governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Thijssen (0000-0002-1202-8452, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Wouter Van Dooren (0000-0001-7500-3829, University of Antwerp) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 842-862 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2016.1189413 |
| OpenAlex | W2505089170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 67 |
Local governments increasingly use online strategies to strengthen political participation of citizens in policy and politics. Young people, however, are generally under-represented. This article studies age patterns of participation across offline and online forms of action to test whether online initiatives are able to overcome this age bias. We first report a case study of online and offline problem reporting to local authorities. We find that simply going from offline to online participation reinforces rather than mitigates age bias. We then report a case study of message posting on an online political forum. In this case, age bias disappears. In contrast to the traditional instrumental modes, a forum is an expressive form of online participation. The young seem to value the act of participating over the outcomes of participation. For practice, these findings suggest a need for participation policies that speak to these expressive needs of young. In recent years, social media have reinforced the potential for expressive participation
Business · Corporate governance · e-participation · Information and Communications Technology · Online and offline · Online participation · Political action · Political science · Politics · Public relations · The Internet · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |