Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Twitter by Members of the
Scottish Parliament (MSPs) for the provision of constituency-related information, or in …

Parliaments as information and knowledge-based organizations are embracing the Internet
and new technologies of information and communication for co** with the crisis of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study of voters' online
behaviour conducted during the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election campaign …

This article explores the ways in which information and communications technologies (ICTs)
have become embedded within the activities of parliamentarians, by examining the …

The purpose of the research was to investigate the practices of elected, yet unpaid,
community councillors in Scotland as they exploit information channels for democratic …

Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC's) han traído una serie de
promesas para la participación ciudadana y el establecimiento de una relación más …

Parliaments tend to enhance transparency and promote accountability in front of decline of
public trust of citizens for democratic institutions by embracing new technologies for …

Over the last ten years, the authors have conducted a series of investigations into the use of
the Internet by political parties and individual candidates during parliamentary election …

The UK general election of 2010 was a novel campaign from a media perspective. Not only
were televised leaders debates broadcast on both television and via the Internet, but for the …

Purpose–The aim of this paper is to describe how city councils within Italian smart cities, as
parliaments, are designing their websites in order to seek legitimacy as democratic and …