Web 2.0 and Government

yesterday at the Government 2.0 workshop in the ESPP Alexander Schellong and I discussed the impact of web 2.0 on government. Web 2.0 is a tag used to talk about technologies and practices that allow the aggregation of user-generated content into meaningful (or actionable) information by making data sharable across platforms. We used a simple framework distinguishing between the political process and public administration to describe government and then asked where in the model would web 2.0 applications make a difference. We found some interesting examples from insight communities in the intelligence field, youtube-questions to presidential candidates, to facebook revolutionaries in Pakistan. And the future is still to come.

The interesting aspect of Web 2.0 is that it is not a value-neutral technology that can be applied to more efficienctly structure processes, but a way-of-life that shapes and changes power-relationships. And this needs to be analyzed. tbc.

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Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

05. December 2007 by Philipp
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