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Metrics to judge local e-democracy From: Mick Date: Jul 30 17:52 UTC Short link
Can't agree more! It's the very complexity of social capital that would
make it difficult to measure but trust in government using the medium
must contribute towards it...
I never said usage = trust but trust will increase usage but as a
measure usage can't replace trust.
What I think we need is a measure of proportionate activity that will
indicate increasing or decreasing trust in the medium etc (not
particularly in government) - that people become more willing to express
opinions or attempt to have an effect via the e-mediums?
M -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of John McNutt Sent: 30 July 2008 18:37 To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy Sorry but I can't agree. Social capital is more complex than merely trust (which is very difficult to measure reliably) in than it also speaks to the underlying networks that make a government function. Usage does not equal trust. If you mean things like hits, page views and so forth that's a long way from any reasonable measure of trust in government. -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of Mick Phythian Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:21 PM To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy I find terms like social capital and public value to be of little use, although in the widest sense an improvement in social capital may indicate increased trust. Mick -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of John McNutt Sent: 30 July 2008 14:30 To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy That would seem to argue for both a social capital measure and a trust in government measure -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of Mick Phythian Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:27 AM To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy One thing I don't think has been mentioned is a measure of usage i.e. perhaps trust. Its great having loads of e-demo stuff but if nobody uses it because they fon't trust/accept/want it, what then? Therefor amount of usage against any input metric. Mick http://greatemancipator.com -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of John McNutt Sent: 30 July 2008 02:29 To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy Add digital divide and degree of wired local associations. Maybe active political bloggers? John McNutt -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> [mailto:research@groups.dowire.org] On Behalf Of Steven Clift Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:57 PM To: <email obscured> Subject: Re: [EDemR] Metrics to judge local e-democracy OK, how about others? On my list, a few items I'd measure: 1. All public meetings are announced online with agendas (1 point), minutes (1 point), and all handouts and staff reports (2 points, bonus point for online before a meeting). 2. 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