Title Expression of non-governmental organizations' e-participation /
Translation of Title Nevyriausybinių organizacijų elektroninio dalyvavimo raiška.
Authors Jakutytė, Kristina
DOI 10.15388/Im.2012.0.3111
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Is Part of Informacijos mokslai / Vilniaus universitetas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, t. 59, p. 93-104.. ISSN 1392-0561
Keywords [eng] e-participation ; public sphere ; non-governmental organizations ; postmodernism ; critical theory ; modern public sphere
Abstract [eng] The public sphere uniting the Lithuanian institutions that supervise information dissemination in the public usually attracts private and commercial interest; therefore, with an increasing demand of civil society to participate in decision-making and implementation processes, it is necessary to define the factors that determine social involvement (participation) and e-participation. Non-governmental organizations are most active institutions implementing civil activities. In Lithuania, e-participation is usually considered as the provision of public services and e-commerce. In this article, e-participation is discussed as a communication framework enhancing participatory democracy and citizenship. According to this communicative aspect, e-participation is also analyzed as an integral part of the public sphere and as a dimension of information dissemination. The research analyses the expressions of non-governmental organizations’ e-participation, which have never been studied in Lithuania. The research is focused on the following scientific problem: may the e-participation used for the implementation of third sector activities and the public sphere used for the consideration and announcement of urgent issues encourage active citizenship, establishment of participatory democracy and ensure public e-participation?
Published Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2012