Presenting Author

Denis Alcides Rezende

Paper Type

Research-in-Progress Paper

Abstract

The need for action towards an effective popular participation in public policies requires focus on citizens participating in decision-making. This paper aims at analyzing the use of the techno-social network Twitter as a communication channel for popular participation between government and municipal citizens. This research is applied in its nature and exploratory in its aim. A case study is underway in the municipality of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil. First results let us suggest that the techno-social network Twitter has attributes that augment the communication between government and citizens for the spreading abilities inherent in network environments where information may traffic along many levels and in multilateral directions among users.

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Strategic Digital City: Techno-social Network Twitter as Communication Channel for Popular Participation in City Comprehensive Plans

The need for action towards an effective popular participation in public policies requires focus on citizens participating in decision-making. This paper aims at analyzing the use of the techno-social network Twitter as a communication channel for popular participation between government and municipal citizens. This research is applied in its nature and exploratory in its aim. A case study is underway in the municipality of Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil. First results let us suggest that the techno-social network Twitter has attributes that augment the communication between government and citizens for the spreading abilities inherent in network environments where information may traffic along many levels and in multilateral directions among users.