The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
Error analysis of dialogue act classification
TSD'05 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue
A linguistic consensus model for Web 2.0 communities
Applied Soft Computing
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This is a proposal for a panel to examine new research programs into the uses of information technology (IT) tools in combination with public deliberation for improving public input into government at all levels. A better public input process is needed to address intractable national policy issues and local "wicked" planning problems. Both proponents of IT and of deliberation contend that their approaches can promote changes in public input that would be beneficial for addressing such difficult issues. These changes include educating and motivating the public, improving the synthesis and coordination of public views on an issue, and conferring greater legitimacy to policy decisions. Several new research efforts are broaching the possibility that IT and deliberation approaches can be especially helpful in combination. This panel will explore the research questions, methodologies, research experiences, and findings of these valuable efforts. The panel seeks to cross-fertilize the diverse approaches in this area, raise audience awareness of and interest in this domain of research, and disseminate knowledge of pitfalls in this area of research.