Latest in: e-Democracy

Do Search Algorithms Endanger Democracy?

An Experimental Investigation of Algorithm Effects on Political Polarization Cho, J., Ahmed, S., Hilbert, M., Liu, B., & Luu, J. (2020)....

Communicating with Algorithms

Hilbert, M., Ahmed, S., Cho, J., Liu, B., & Luu, J. (2018). Communicating with Algorithms: A Transfer Entropy Analysis...

Martin Hilbert June 13, 2018
Predicting elections from social media

Jaidka, K., Ahmed, S., Skoric, M., & Hilbert, M. (2018). Predicting elections from social media: a three-country, three-method comparative...

Martin Hilbert March 24, 2018

Big Data
The Maturing Concept of e-democracy

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Abstract: Early literature on e-democracy was dominated by euphoric claims about the benefits of e-voting (digital direct democracy) or continuous online citizen consultations (digital representative democracy). High expectations have gradually...

Martin Hilbert September 1, 2009 7562 0
e-Democracy
Foresight tools for participative policy-making in inter-governmental processes in developing countries

Technological Forecasting and Social Change ABSTRACT: The paper shows how international foresight exercises, through online and offline tools, can make policy-making in developing countries more participatory, fostering transparency and accountability of public decision-making. A five-round Delphi...

Martin Hilbert September 1, 2009 5458 0
e-Democracy
Digital Processes and Democratic Theory

also published with Google Books (click here) Contents Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, DEFINITIONS AND MODELING 11 Introduction 11 Three basic axes for the theoretical analysis of democracy 23 Chapter 2: EIGHT DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS FOR...

Martin Hilbert July 1, 2007 20081 0
e-Democracy
Digitalisierung demokratischer Prozesse.

ABSTRACT: Seit Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts haben digitale Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) die Art und Weise, wie Menschen kommunizieren und ihren demokratischen Gemeinwillen bilden, für immer verändert. Jedoch wurden weder demokratische Institutionen und Prozesse noch IKT...

Martin Hilbert February 1, 2007 6428 0