New media technologies can increase dialogue between government and citizens through transparency, participation, and efficiency. This can be done through government-led initiatives like online campaigns or competitions that engage citizens, or citizen-led initiatives like monitoring elections or reporting emergencies using tools that integrate social media and mapping technologies. Both approaches aim to create more open, participatory processes that empower citizens within democratic systems.

1. How can new media
technology increase
dialogue between
government & the
people?
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2. What do these words
mean to you?
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3. Transparency
Efficiency
Participation
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4. What does
"New Media"
infrastructure
mean to you?
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5. The Architecture of Participation
http://bit.ly/webocracy
Web Open Republic
Parsable Open Data Free Citizen Public
Platform Open Interface Democracy Process
Distributed Open Standards Constitution Decentralized
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6. Requirements for Open 2.0
✓Easily Socialized ✓Heavily Hyperlinked
✓Easily Subscribed To ✓Freely Searchable
✓Open for Comments ✓Accessible to Apps
✓Highly Indexable ✓24 x 7, 365 Days
optional, but highly recommended:
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7. Types of Campaigns
Government Led
Citizen Led
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8. Government Led Initiative
New York State Senator
Eric Adams
http://adams.nysenate.gov
“Stop the Sag”
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9. Government Led Initiative
Late March -
Early April 2010
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10. Government Led Initiative
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12. Government Led Initiative
Late March -
Early April 2010
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13. Government Led Initiative
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14. Government Led Initiative
November 2010
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15. Data & Competitions
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16. Unconferences & Barcamps
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17. Networks & Competition
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18. Open Questions
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19. Government Led Initiatives
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20. Citizen Led Initiatives
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21. Citizen Led Initiatives
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22. Citizen Led Initiatives
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23. Citizen Led Initiatives
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24. Citizen Led Initiatives
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25. Citizen Led Initiatives
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26. Citizen Led Initiatives
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27. Citizen Led Initiatives
Vote Monitoring /
Election Protection
Ushidi & Mapbox
Twitter Vote Report
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28. Data & Education
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29. Media & Emergency
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30. Now let’s build...
Government Led
Citizen Led
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31. Digital Democracy
@DigiDem
Mark Belinsky | @mbelinsky
mbelinsky@digital-democracy.org
Noel Hidalgo | @noneck
hidalgo@nysenate.gov
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