The video from a very interesting installment in UVA’s Miller Center National Discussion & Debate Series - “Internet and Democracy” - has recently posted to their website.
The debate, which includes Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, TechPresident’s Micah Sifry, Slate.com’s Farhad Manjoo, and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jimmy Keen, is moderated by PBS Newshour’s Paul Solman. The debate focuses [...]
This month The Economist carries an article, “Ancient Athens Online“, which describes Dr. Jim Fishkin’s work with his Deliberative Poll. Used on issues ranging from land use to pension reform in places from San Mateo County to China and Australia, the Deliberative Poll involves gathering a statistically representative sample of residents for a 1-3 day [...]
Great new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on Americans use of government websites. It appears that “Gov 2.0″ is becoming more of a reality as those surveyed are increasing their use of government websites. The Pew report focuses on three aspects of government websites (from the Pew website):
Data driven – Efforts [...]