The affordances and use of green citizen engagement web tools
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The affordances and use of green citizen engagement web tools. / Scheele, Christian Elling; Hoff, Jens Villiam.
EnviroInfo & ICT4S - Building the knowledge base for environmental action and sustainability: Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection and the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, 7-9 September 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark. red. / Vivian Kvist Johannsen; Stefan Jensen; Christina Preist; Elina Eriksson. Frederiksberg : Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 2015. s. 165-172.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The affordances and use of green citizen engagement web tools
AU - Scheele, Christian Elling
AU - Hoff, Jens Villiam
PY - 2015/8/31
Y1 - 2015/8/31
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to analyse if and how three different green web applications create the basis for different levels of environmental citizen participation. This is relevant in both an e-governance context and an environmental policy context, as it is normally assumed that ICT as such can be used to strengthen such participation, without looking neither at the special opportunity structure that the applications offer (their affordance) nor the actual use of the applications. This is all the more surprising as recent stage models in e-governance (i.e. Lee 2010) implies that differences in affordance translates into differences in use. Theoretically, the paper departs from Contextual New Medium Theory. This theory focuses on technological practices, and demonstrates how these are created in interplay between technology, policy ideas and actor skills. Empirically, the paper unfolds as a comparative case study of three different green web applications, chosen due to the differences in their affordance. It is then analyzed whether these differences result in differences in environmental participation. It is concluded that while differences in participation are indeed found, these differences seem to hinge at least as much on the activities of skilled actors such as involved civil servants, web- and game administrators than on the affordances of the web applications.Keywords: green web applications, citizen participation, affordances, contextual new medium theory, case study
AB - The purpose of this paper is to analyse if and how three different green web applications create the basis for different levels of environmental citizen participation. This is relevant in both an e-governance context and an environmental policy context, as it is normally assumed that ICT as such can be used to strengthen such participation, without looking neither at the special opportunity structure that the applications offer (their affordance) nor the actual use of the applications. This is all the more surprising as recent stage models in e-governance (i.e. Lee 2010) implies that differences in affordance translates into differences in use. Theoretically, the paper departs from Contextual New Medium Theory. This theory focuses on technological practices, and demonstrates how these are created in interplay between technology, policy ideas and actor skills. Empirically, the paper unfolds as a comparative case study of three different green web applications, chosen due to the differences in their affordance. It is then analyzed whether these differences result in differences in environmental participation. It is concluded that while differences in participation are indeed found, these differences seem to hinge at least as much on the activities of skilled actors such as involved civil servants, web- and game administrators than on the affordances of the web applications.Keywords: green web applications, citizen participation, affordances, contextual new medium theory, case study
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - green web applications, citizen participation, affordances, contextual new medium theory, case study
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 165
EP - 172
BT - EnviroInfo & ICT4S - Building the knowledge base for environmental action and sustainability
A2 - Kvist Johannsen, Vivian
A2 - Jensen, Stefan
A2 - Preist, Christina
A2 - Eriksson, Elina
PB - Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
CY - Frederiksberg
T2 - EnviroInfo Conference 2015
Y2 - 7 September 2015 through 9 September 2015
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