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E-democracy: State of the Art and Future Development
10 Big Things
Phil Noble
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The BIG Change
“The Internet is some thing fundamentally different. It will change
our world the same way as the invention of the printing press and the
coming of the industrial age.”
Bill Gates
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The Revolution
is Here !
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Internet Revolution...
Day 2, 10:00 am
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#1 Growth of the ‘Net in China
Economic progress vs. online freedom
110+ million online
Massive online protest
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#2 South Korea
e-Democracy in Action
Most advanced globally
Young, wired
Active, effective
President Roh
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# 3 Dean’s Rise
January
Unknown 432 MeetUp 247 supporters Raised $315,000 Tied w/ Sharpton 2%
December
170,000 MeetUp 540,000 online supporters $17 m online / $40 m Gore, unions, pundits Iowa +4 and NH +30
Kerry - $82 million Online
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#4 MyWar.com“Personal War” New Tools
Camera Phones Blogs Videos Internet TV
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#5 ‘People Power’ Politics (P2P)
Philippines East Timor MoveOn.org Howard Dean
Spain Ukraine Lebanon Iran / Iraq
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#6 Rise of the ‘2nd Super Power’
Tsunami Global response Money Volunteers Innovation
Political Anti - US Anti - WTO Anti - Globalization Anti - Iraq War
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# 7 Global Citizens Action
GLOBAL
LOCAL
Global Vote
Operation: Clark County
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# 8 Multi-national e-Democracy &Global Opinion / Interaction
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Video, text graphics Any device Any language
’Share & Compare’ Global region, country, city By age, sex, profession
Interactive Conversations – ‘local to global’
Use for: Governments NGOs Corporations Media
The Technology
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#9 $100 Laptop
One Laptop Per Child
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#10 Global Values Shift
Traditional Process Closed Inclusive & deliberative Membership & structure Bureaucratic Print & TV news media Government focus National & state orgs.
New Results oriented Transparent Volunteer vs recruit Not permanent Shifting coalitions Internet and email Ad hoc & network Non-geographic
A Billion New Voices - ??
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Innovate
or
die
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Potential
MostOrganizations
Use only 15 - 20%
Governments
NGO
Media Companies
Political Parties
Corporations
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“We must master the tools of communications, or we will be mastered
by those who do.”
Robert Moley1923