[open-government] London Networked Neighbourhoods Study

Wed Dec 15 13:38:10 UTC 2010

The London-based Networked Neighbourhoods has released a set of extremely
important studies on "the social impact of citizen-run online neighbourhood
networks and the implications for local authorities."

This connects to the heart of the use of open government by the public - you
need online public spaces where citizens in the context of governance
(particularly with elected officials who can say, these are MY voters
talking) are asking for information and generating new public opinion. These
online spaces be they "community sites" or a dozen of the different
technologies and approaches, are essential for everyday citizens to discuss
government and broader community affairs. These exchanges generate general
demand for and often specific requests for government information.

Very very in-depth - links and my take:

    http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/1078

Included in the blog post above are updates on the proposed "Meet Your
Neighbors Online Week" and the Neighborly nearest neighbors social
networking idea.

Steven Clift
E-Democracy.org

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