Issue 3. Between Big Brother and the Digital Utopia: e-Governance in Post-Totalitarian Space
Anton Shynkaruk
Anton Shynkaruk (PhD in political science, Rivne Institute of Slavonic studies, Ukraine) is an Associate Professor of International Information Department of Rivne Institute of Slavonic studies. His main research interests are crisis management, political communications, social media, electronic government and electronic participation. He has received several research fellowships in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, USA and Belarus. Currently Dr. Shynkaruk works on e-participation projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
3.3 Citizens Speak Out: Public e-Engagement Experience of Slovakia
This article analyzes the Slovak experience of citizens’ e-engagement on different levels. Occasioned by the explosive development of social media networks all over the world, the article addresses the general progress in the use of technologies of e-participation, especially Web 2.0, in political relations in Slovakia. Using social network analysis, special attention is paid to the use of social media in governmental-citizen relations and the e-government systems in place. Slovak governmental web and social media use at the municipal level and also in the socio-political communication strategy of political parties are the central focus.
Language of contribution: English