TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual interactivity between government and citizens
T2 - The Chicago police department's citizen ICAM application demonstration case
AU - Welch, Eric W.
AU - Fulla, Shelley
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - This article considers the current efforts to describe the effect of Internet-based technology on interactivity between citizens and public organizations to be incomplete and poorly linked. Based on a multidisciplinary review of the literature, the authors develop a theoretical model of cyber-interactivity and propositions about how virtual communication between citizens and bureaucrats may effect change in organizations, communities, and the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats. Using McMillan's model of cyber-interactivity, they identify four constructs - content sophistication, feedback opportunity, dialogue complexity, and responsiveness - that are useful for comparing citizen-bureaucrat interactions in cyberspace over time and across organizations. The authors present a case analysis of the Chicago Police Department's (CPD) Citizen ICAM Web application that illustrates the interplay between technological and organizational change. They find that cyber-interactivity is a complex process that has recognizable effects on the structure and work processes of the organization, and potentially on the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats. They conclude by proposing further research on cyber-interactivity effects on public organizations, communities, and the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats.
AB - This article considers the current efforts to describe the effect of Internet-based technology on interactivity between citizens and public organizations to be incomplete and poorly linked. Based on a multidisciplinary review of the literature, the authors develop a theoretical model of cyber-interactivity and propositions about how virtual communication between citizens and bureaucrats may effect change in organizations, communities, and the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats. Using McMillan's model of cyber-interactivity, they identify four constructs - content sophistication, feedback opportunity, dialogue complexity, and responsiveness - that are useful for comparing citizen-bureaucrat interactions in cyberspace over time and across organizations. The authors present a case analysis of the Chicago Police Department's (CPD) Citizen ICAM Web application that illustrates the interplay between technological and organizational change. They find that cyber-interactivity is a complex process that has recognizable effects on the structure and work processes of the organization, and potentially on the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats. They conclude by proposing further research on cyber-interactivity effects on public organizations, communities, and the relationship between citizens and bureaucrats.
KW - Bureaucracy
KW - Citizen
KW - Cyberspace
KW - Interactivity
KW - Organizational change
KW - e-government
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U2 - 10.1080/10584600590933205
DO - 10.1080/10584600590933205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:19944407094
SN - 1058-4609
VL - 22
SP - 215
EP - 236
JO - Political Communication
JF - Political Communication
IS - 2
ER -