Aslib Proceedings: Volume 58 Issue 5

Advances in e‐democracy: overview

Barrie Gunter

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theme of this special issue, “Advances in e‐democracy: engaging citizens and electorates”.

Parliamentary communication in an age of digital interactivity

Stephen Coleman

Parliaments, as representative institutions, serve as communication channels between the public and the process of governance. The purpose of this paper is to consider the way in…

Benchmarking e‐government policy within the e‐Europe programme

Patrick Wauters

The paper aims to provide a benchmark study of the European Union (EU) e‐government policy within the e‐Europe programme. The main objective of the European strategy for the…

Online campaign communication and the phenomenon of blogging: An analysis of web logs during the 2005 British general election campaign

James Stanyer

In light of the phenomenon of blogging in the 2004 US presidential campaign, this article aims to examine blogging during the 2005 British general election campaign. The article…

Developing local e‐democracy in Bristol: From information to consultation to participation and beyond

Stephen Hilton

Bristol City Council has received national and international recognition for its local e‐democracy work. This paper seeks to tell the story of three phases of development of local…

Digital TV is coming of age and local government is starting to take note

Jane Hancer

The purpose of this paper is to understand how, why and what citizen‐focused services local authorities might consider and deliver on digital interactive television (DiTV). In…

E‐citizen: Developing research‐based marketing communications to increase awareness and take‐up of local authority e‐channels

Norman Mellor

At the English local authority level, there has been significant investment in e‐government infrastructure (e‐channels) in the last five years, but take‐up of these e‐channels is…

The eAdmissions National Project: a research informed approach

Lorna Peters, Amanda Derrick, Teresa Damen, Matthew Marsh, Richard Ovenden

The purpose of this paper is to describe the eAdmissions National Project and provide some insights into a selection of the forms of research which have been conducted to inform…