The document details the 'citizen voices' global conference on citizen engagement held on March 17, 2013, organized by Dr. Stuart Shulman. It includes a disclosure of his professional conflicts of interest and outlines his research journey in deliberative democracy, erulemaking, and the evolution of citizen engagement in the digital age. The presentation highlights the importance of citizen voice online while cautioning against over-reliance on automation.

1. Citizen Voices in a
Networked Age of #BigData
“Citizen Voices”
Global Conference on Citizen Engagement for
Enhanced Development Impact
March 17, 2013
Washington, DC
Dr. Stuart Shulman
Phone: +1-413-345-8939
Email: stu.shulman@visioncritical.com

2. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
• I am the founder and CEO Texifter, LLC.
• Texifter recently sold the DiscoverText software to Vision Critical.
• I profited from the asset sale, as did UMass.
• I stand to profit further from sales of DiscoverText licenses.
• A UMass panel has managed the case from cradle to grave.
• I am currently an employee of Vision Critical Inc. and UMass.

3. My Current Area of Research

4. How Did I Get Here? May 2001

5. Seeking Deliberative Democracy November 2002

6. eRulemaking Research May 2003

7. Mass Email Campaigns December 2004

8. Misleading Members for Data June 2005

9. Membership & Resources April 2006

10. The Dam Breaks January 2007

11. Early Prototype Solutions April 2008

12. The “Notice and Spam Era” April 2009

13. Reading Inspirational Books November 2010

14. 10 Years of Coding Text October 2011

15. Innovation Happens in Groups June 2012

16. Interactive Machine Classifiers March 2013

17. Where Does This Leave Us?

18. The First Draft of History is Now Often a Tweet

19. Be Wary of Too Much Automation

20. Simple Clustering Does Help With Many Problems

21. What is the Future of Citizen Voice Online?

22. Thank-you for having me!
Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
Vice President for Text Analytics, Vision Critical
Founder & CEO, Texifter, LLC
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP)
Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government
Editor Emeritus, Journal of Information Technology & Politics
Contact Information
stu.shulman@visioncritical.com
http://people.umass.edu/stu/
@stuartwshulman