Rethinking
of the myth of electrical government
Chung-Hsiang Kuang
Graduate Institute of Communication, Shin Hsin
University
Abstract
As
interactive technologies progress, an electronic government needs not only
to build up an interconnected communication networks for the purpose of
information access to the public, but ideally it also needs to redefine
political activities and create a new dialogue-like democratic mechanism.
It means the decline of information control of the state and the
possibility of policy making with the public.
It
seems, however, too optimistic to achieve electronic democracy through the
innovation of information technologies. While there are some positive
consequences of information technologies, negative outcomes introduced by
new technologies will be inevitable. This is due to the results of
overlooking the political and economical conditions that influences the
development and usage of information technologies, and reflecting the
possibility that the government will have information controlled in a more
sophisticated way.
Keywords:
information control, electrical democratic, electrical government,
information technologies.
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