[Air-L] online public consultation

[Michael Allan]

Hello Katja,

> I am looking for studies of online public consultation processes,
> either in the context of e-democracy or in commercial contexts.
>
> Furthermore, are you aware of free/open source systems for that
> purposes?

On the e-democracy side, there is Votorola.  It's only a prototype.
http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.html

There are many others.  I plan to compile a list of those that include
a strong facility of voting, or opinion expression.  I'll post a link
in a week or two, in case it's helpful.

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/


Katja Mayer said:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am looking for studies of online public consultation processes, either 
> in the context of e-democracy or in commercial contexts.
> 
> Furthermore, are you aware of free/open source systems for that purposes?
> 
> I will collect your answers and make them available to the list asap.
> 
> Thank you very much for your help!
> 
> Katja
> 
> PS: A short remark to my last question: I still owe the list a 
> collection of replies to the question of the terminology origins and 
> usage of "informatisation" and I am still working on this, since there 
> has been opening up a whole universe of literature that I was not aware 
> of.... (e.g. teleworking in the 1980s.....)...
> 
> ---
> Dr. Katja Mayer
> Department of Social Studies of Science and Technology
> University of Vienna, Austria
> http://homepage.univie.ac.at/katja.mayer