Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: (Winner paper: Junior Researchers Award "Joan Prats" 2018) Online participation platforms are key tools to include citizens in government activities and public policy co-creation processes. However, its effectiveness may decrease if citizens do not use them effectively. This paper analyzes the possibilities offered by open data and social networks to encourage engagement to improve participatory practices. To do this, it follows a design based on mixed methods that explores participation of an online platform at local level, and a case that applies combined strategies on communities and social networks. Preliminary results show that the efforts in these media can be fragmented, although there seem to be latent communities that, if organized, are capable of co-creating proposals with greater impact.
Source: GIGAPP Estudios Working Papers
Institutions: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, médialab Sciences Po
Language: Spanish
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7215003431