Exploring Civic Engagement on Public Displays
As civic participation is declining in western societies, emerging technologies offer novel opportunities for outreach activities. This chapter presents a series of incremental studies of interactive public displays to inform and elicit feedback about a l
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User-Centric Technology Design for Nonprofit and Civic Engagements
Public Administration and Information Technology Volume 6
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Saqib Saeed Editor
User-Centric Technology Design for Nonprofit and Civic Engagements
Editor Saqib Saeed Department of Computer Science Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan
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Preface
Recently nonprofit organizations have got more attention of general public as state institutions are moving away from their responsibilities towards citizens. In order to indulge in effective work, such social settings are needed to communicate and coordinate effectively. As a matter of fact, such nonprofit organizations are typically characterized by lack of resources, absence of formal hierarchical structures, and differences in languages and cultures among the activists. Modern technologies can h
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