Not by technology alone: The "analog" aspects of online public engagement in policymaking

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-344

  Epstein, Dmitry ^a   Newhart, Mary ^a   Vernon, Rebecca ^a  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Digital divide; E Participation; E Rulemaking; Socio technical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899992222     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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