TY - JOUR
T1 - Concurrent or integrated hybridity? Exploring offline and online citizen participation in invited spaces
AU - No, Won
AU - Mook, Laurie
AU - Schugurensky, Daniel
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge partial support from the National Science Foundation (#VOSS-1322296). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by Pracademics Press.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Along with the development of information and communication technologies, many local governments have added online ‘invited spaces’ to traditional face-to-face meetings to engage citizenry. The literature suggests that online and offline participation can benefit from each other when they operate in an integrated way (integrated hybridity) rather than in isolation. This study explored the extent of integrated hybrid participation in a U.S. municipal ‘invited space’ by examining almost 4,500 contributions to an online forum, attending offline meetings, and interviewing city officials. The findings revealed that for the most part the two processes operated through separate channels with limited connections between them (concurrent hybridity). The paper concludes that more deliberate efforts in design and facilitation are needed if integrated hybridity is desired.
AB - Along with the development of information and communication technologies, many local governments have added online ‘invited spaces’ to traditional face-to-face meetings to engage citizenry. The literature suggests that online and offline participation can benefit from each other when they operate in an integrated way (integrated hybridity) rather than in isolation. This study explored the extent of integrated hybrid participation in a U.S. municipal ‘invited space’ by examining almost 4,500 contributions to an online forum, attending offline meetings, and interviewing city officials. The findings revealed that for the most part the two processes operated through separate channels with limited connections between them (concurrent hybridity). The paper concludes that more deliberate efforts in design and facilitation are needed if integrated hybridity is desired.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027692917
SN - 1093-4537
VL - 19
SP - 514
EP - 534
JO - International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior
JF - International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -