Citizen Participation in a Digital World
Mary JoyceCo-Founder | DigiActive
June, 2009 | CC Attribution License
photo: paintMonkey/Flickr
How do we participate in politics?
Extra-Institutional & Legal (advocacy)
Institutional(government)
Extra-Institutional & Illegal (civil disobedience)
photo: paintMonkey/Flickr
What tech environments are created?
Extra-Institutional & Legal (advocacy)
Institutional(elections)
Extra-Institutional & Illegal (civil disobedience)
photo: paintMonkey/Flickr
Institutionalgovernment reaches out to citizens
Gov 2.0
photo: LDCross/ Flickr
Institutionalgovernment reaches out to citizens
Gov 2.0
photo: LDCross/ Flickr
control
Institutionalgovernment reaches out to citizens
Gov 2.0
photo: LDCross/ Flickr
motive
control
Institutionalgovernment reaches out to citizens
Gov 2.0
photo: LDCross/ Flickr
motive
control
impact
Institutionalgovernment reaches out to citizens
VideoTechnology and Participation
in the Obama Administration*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPBqEdjYw-E
photo: LDCross/ Flickr
*disclaimer
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
advocacy
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
advocacy
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
democracy the other 1459 days
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
advocacy
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
democracy the other 1459 days
reform
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
advocacy
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
reform
NGOculture
democracy the other 1459 days
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
NGO techculture
systems
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
NGO techculture
consultants& trainers
systems
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
NGO techculture
consultants& trainers
systems
fundraising
Extra-Institutional & Legalcitizens reach out to government
photo: aflcio2008/ Flickr
Am I being too tough on the advocacy culture of NGOs?
Extra-Institutional & Illegal citizens rebel against government
protest
photo: .faramarz/ Flickr
Extra-Institutional & Illegal citizens rebel against government
protestpower
photo: .faramarz/ Flickr
Extra-Institutional & Illegal citizens rebel against government
protest
ad hocorganizing
power
photo: .faramarz/ Flickr
Extra-Institutional & Illegal citizens rebel against government
protest
ad hocorganizing
free/cheapmedia
power
photo: .faramarz/ Flickr
Img : José Antonio Rivas, lawyersmovement.com/, Divine Rapier (Flickr)
PakistanPakistan
live SMS updates from protest march
Img : José Antonio Rivas, lawyersmovement.com/, Divine Rapier (Flickr)
PakistanPakistan
ColombiaColombia international rallies organized through
live SMS updates from protest march
Img : José Antonio Rivas, lawyersmovement.com/, Divine Rapier (Flickr)
ChinaChina
PakistanPakistan
ColombiaColombia
Blogs and offline citizen
journalists collect quake victim names
international rallies organized through
live SMS updates from protest march
Extra-Institutional & Illegal citizens rebel against government
Is illegal action ever the best
option?photo: .faramarz and jakemohan/ Flickr
Participation in a Digital World Institutional and Extra-Institutional (Legal &
Illegal)
What technologies encourage each type
of participation?
Participation in a Digital World Institutional and Extra-Institutional (Legal &
Illegal)
What technologies encourage each type
of participation?
How should we in this room participate?
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