the state of web 2.0 and emerging social media: citizen engagement vs. citizen enragement
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The State of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Media: Citizen Engagement vs. Citizen Enragement. Dr. Alan R. Shark Executive Director, Public Technology Institute and Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration. Available Resources. . . Driving Forces. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The State of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Media: Citizen Engagement
vs. Citizen EnragementDr. Alan R. Shark
Executive Director, Public Technology Instituteand
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration
Available Resources
Driving Forces.
Empowerment
Transparency
Citizen Engagement
Web 2.0 Technologies
Citizen Enragement
Citizen Engagement
Source: engagepittsburgh.org
Once upon time Sunshine laws was all the rage…….
Personal
• Inefficient
Impersonal
• Efficient
Efficient
• Personal
An Evolving Process……….
Post Transact React Interact
From Transparency to Engagement
Thesaurus : EngagementOccupied InvolvedBookedSet-asideEmployedConnectedBusyAbsorbed
InvolvedConnected
How (or how) do we Measure?Governments Ask1. Amount of garbage
picked up2. Response time of
emergency services3. Number of restaurants
inspected4. Number of potholes
repaired5. Waiting time for call to
be answered6. Email response time
Citizens Ask1. Actual trash removed
from street or ally2. Were qualified people
dispatched to the scene, where they taken to the right facility?
3. Who passed/failed (online)?
4. Smoothness of ride5. Actual results6. Actual results
Source: National Center for Civic Innovation
People want measured results – public managers want performance dashboards
City of Phoenix
Managing Expectations – Rebuilding Trust
• “And in both the content and delivery of public services the next stage of the web will transform the ability of citizens to tailor the services they need to their requirements, to feedback constantly on their success, to interact with the professionals who deliver them and to put the citizen not the public servant in control.” - former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, March 2010
Social Media
Web 2.0 Tools
Social Network Wiki Mashup RSS Feed Listserv - Alerts Blog – Micro Blog Mapping
Online Survey Photo Sharing Webcast – Webcam Video Blog/Vlog – Video Sharing Podcast - Vodcast Virtual World - Games Search Engine Utility
While there is no set definition for Web 2.0, there are a number of descriptors –interactive, social, dynamic, user-centered, collaborative, and interoperable.
Gartner use three anchor points: a set of technologies withcommunity and social dimensions that enable new business models.
Mixed Tools / Portal
Situation Awareness– How to prepare/prevent– What happened & who is
impacted?– Where is the damage?– When will services be restored?
Expert Knowledge & Advice– Risk identification– Mitigation strategies– Health warnings– Vulnerable populations
News & Emerging Information– Local news reports– Photos of damage– Traffic impact– Eyewitness accounts– Articles & analysis
Recovery Assistance– Shelter location– Government assistance– Community support– Volunteer networks– Help needed
The Current Environment
There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984, 1,000,000 in 1992, and 1,000,000,000 in 2008.
The number of text messages sent and received everyday exceeds the population of the planet. 93% of all adults own a cell phone. Nokia manufactures 13 cell phones per second.
ABC, NBC and CBS, around for a combined 200 years, collectively get 10 million unique visitors each month. MySpace, YouTube and Facebook get 250 million unique visitors each month. None existed six years ago.
In 2008, MySpace had 200 million users. If it were a country, it would be the 5th largest in the world.
The Current Environment
Newspaper circulation is down 7 million over last 25 years. But in last five years, unique readers of online newspapers are up 30 million.
31 billion searches on Google per month.
More video uploaded to YouTube in last two months than if ABC, NBC, and CBS had been airing content 24/7/365 since 1948.
Wikipedia launched in 2001. Now features 13 million articles in more than 200 languages.
90% of 200 billion emails sent everyday are spam.
Web 2.0 Site Activity
Further breakdown indicates that:
104.1 million visited Facebook; 77.8 million visited YouTube; 55.6 million visited MySpace; 37.8 million visited Digg; 25.9 million visited Flickr; 19.4 million visited Twitter
More than 300 million people visited Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, Digg and Delicious in April 2009. Each visitor was counted once, in spite of repeat visits.
NEWSFLASH: According to a report just out from Nielsen, we’re spending 82% more time on social networking sites than a year ago.
Web 2.0 Site Activity
94% of teens (ages 12-17) are online
45% percent of teens ages 12-14 and 55% percent ages 15-17 are content creators
60% of all teenagers have an online social networking profile.
According to research by Symantec, "porn", "sex" and "YouTube" were among the most popular search terms queried by kids, ages 18-and-under, in 2009.
Top 2009 Search Terms for Youth
Local Government Web 2.0 Usage
Local Government Champions
How Cities/Counties Use Web 2.0
75% of cities & counties are using or beginning to use RSS Feeds to provide news and updates to citizens. For a number of jurisdictions, RSS feeds were included as part of another application, such as a content management system (CMS). Almost ¾ (72%) are using or beginning to use Twitter to provide – or “push” – news to citizens (and the media), especially emergency and public safety alerts.
Almost ¾ (72%) are using or beginning to use Facebook to communicate with citizens, actually targeting groups like youth, seniors, visitors, neighborhood groups and library patrons.
How Cities/Counties Use Web 2.0
57% currently are using or implementing YouTube, primarily for promotion of events & programs to citizens & visitors, some for government access channels.
43% use blogs to target both citizens & internal staff– Broad public blogs - closely managed– Group blogs (arts, libraries) - more open– Some started & stopped - poor participation & perceived value
Wikis used internally (100%) for staff project management, information sharing, and collaboration
Only 2% are using Second Life
How Cities/Counties Use Web 2.0
Oversight – 44% PIO, 32% webmaster or IT staff, 28% departments
Use by Elected Officials – Some official – majority use on their own time – Top tools are Twitter, Facebook, chats, and community blogs
Participation – 47% usage small, 35% participation increasing
Policies – Range from “none, we just did it” to a formal review process and 11-page policy
Costs - Zero to minimal; staff time requirements minimal
How Cities/Counties Use Web 2.0
KEY ISSUES Consistency Quality and accuracy of information Legal concerns regarding public forums and public record retention Personal usage by employees Policy development
OBSTACLES Security Bandwidth Employee productivity Coordination Freedom of Information Act requirements Priority shift of agency/department from website to tweeting and fans
Social Network A website through which people share interests and activities, and build social networks
or social relations; consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services
Examples: Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, LinkedIn, Friendster, Ning, Nexo, Classmates, Habbo (teens), My Life, MyHeritage, Study VZ, Tagged - Wikipedia lists 177 major sites
Social Network / Microblog
Community Information Service built on the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) platform – 99% uptime – integrates with Twitter
Social Network Coming Attractions
• Geotracking • Video(augmented reality)• Public Policy Debates• On-Line Voting• Smarter Phones/Mobile Computers• Beyond the traditional portal
Social Network Coming Attractions
• Video/Photo Sharing• Emergency information from citizens via smart
phones• Interactive data• Interactive maps• Webcasts• Mobile Apps
The Latest Transformative Device – the iPad
Mobility (iPhone Example)
Government Serving Citizens
High Speed Trains like High Speed Broadband?
Poor Tracks = Poor Speeds Good Tracks = Great Speed
USA Asia
Social Network Concerns
• How do we “Listen?”• How do we respond?• How do we weigh intensities of “feelings”• How (where) do we store data and video?• How do we react to inaccurate, misleading and false
information? • How do we react and or pro-act in an instantaneous
environment? • How do we manage expectations? Rage?
Social Network Concerns
• Does everything need to go to one place???
• Should we advocate having elected leaders have their own
social media presence?
• Where does policy, administration, politics converge?
Policy Considerations• What is your policy on social media?
– URL links?– privacy & disclosure?– citizen postings?– Cookies?– network security?– government employees (general)?– government issued laptops, PDAs, etc.– restrictions to usage & communications?– who is in charge of overall “communications”? – who monitors social media, frequency, content?
In the end its all about restoring trust!
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