Overview

Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have directly impacted the way in which politics operates today. Bringing together research on Europe, the US, South America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, this book examines the relationship between ICT and politics in a global perspective. Technological innovations such as big data, data mining, sentiment analysis, cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, social media and blockchain technology are reshaping the way ICT intersects with politics and in this collection contributors examine these developments, demonstrating their impact on the political landscape. Chapters examine topics such as cyberwarfare and propaganda, post-Soviet space, Snowden, US national security, e-government, GDPR, democratization in Africa and internet freedom.  Providing an overview of new research on the emerging relationship between the promise and potential inherent in ICT and its impact on politics, this edited collection will prove an invaluable text for students, researchers and practitioners working in the fields of Politics, International Relations and Computer Science.

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Author:   Anna Visvizi (DEREE - The American College of Greece, Greece) ,  Miltiadis D. Lytras (DEREE - The American College of Greece, Greece)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9781787569843

ISBN 10:   1787569845
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   07 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1. Introduction- Politics & ICT: mechanisms, dynamics, implications; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis Lytras Chapter 2. From the Freedom of the Press to the Freedom of the Internet: A New Public Sphere in the Making? Cláudia Toriz Ramos  Chapter 3. Diffusion patterns of political content over social networks; Marçal Mora-Cantallops, Zhengqi Yan and Salvador Sánchez-Alonso  Chapter 4. Contemporary politics and society: social media and public engagement in Belarus; Victor Shadurski, Galina Malishevskaya  Chapter 5. Modeling Public Mood and Emotion: Blog and News Sentiment and Politico-Economic Phenomena; Mu-Yen Chen, Min-Hsuan Fan, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Ren-Pao Heish  Chapter 6. Political Campaigns, Social Media & Analytics: the case of the GDPR; Nick Dimisianos  Chapter 7. Assessing Compliance of Open Data in Politics with European Data Protection Regulation; Francesco Ciclosi, Paolo Ceravolo, Ernesto Damiani, Donato De Ieso  Chapter 8. ICT, politics and cyber intelligence: revisiting the case of Snowden; Emanuel Boussios  Chapter 9. Government Surveillance, National Security, and the American Rights: Using Sentiment Analysis to Extract Citizen Opinions; Lily Popova Zhuhadar, Mark Ciampa  Chapter 10. Information security risks in the context of Russian propaganda in the CEE; Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik, Agata Tatarenko  Chapter 11. The ICT and its uses: fighting corruption and promoting participatory democracy: the case of Romania; Cristina Matiuta  Chapter 12. Virtual Currencies in modern societies: challenges and opportunities; Higinio Mora, Francisco A. Pujol López, Julio César Mendoza Tello, Mario R. Morales  Chapter 13. Digital Diplomacy in Practice: A Case Study of the Western Balkan Countries; Gorazd Justinek, Sabina Carli, Ingrid Omahna  Chapter 14. Social media and the Brazilian politics: a close look at the different perspectives and ""The Brazil I Want"" initiative; Cleber Pinelli Teixeira, Jônatas Castro dos Santos, Reisla D’Almeida Rodrigues, Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira, Renata Araujo  Chapter 15. Evaluation of the national Open Government Data (OGD) portal of Saudi Arabia; Saxena Stuti   Chapter 16. E-Government Strategy and Its Impact on Economic and Social Development in Saudi Arabia; Husseain Alhashimi  Chapter 17. Romancing Top Management: The Politics of Top Management Support in Large Information System Projects; Gloria H.W. Liu, Cecil E.H Chua  Chapter 18. International trade on the ICT market; Katarzyna Żukrowska  Chapter 19. Conclusion- ICT and politics: looking ahead; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis Lytras"

Reviews

Contributed by information management, computer science, and other researchers working in academia, politics, and the think-tank sector around the world, the 19 essays in this volume consider issues related to the impact of information and communication technologies on politics. They examine the impact of the internet in promoting democracy in processes of regime transition in Tunisia, Egypt, Angola, and Zimbabwe; the patterns of political content diffusion in social networks; social media and public engagement in Belarus; the use of advanced computational techniques like text mining and sentiment analysis in social media to understand the relationship between political status and economic development in Taiwan; the impact of social media and disruptive technologies on political campaigns; the compliance of open data in politics in terms of General Data Protection Regulation requirements in the European Union; how cyberintelligence and cyberterrorism impact national security, surveillance, and privacy in the US, as well as citizens' opinions about privacy and security, using the case of Edward Snowden; and information security risks in Russian propaganda. Other chapters discuss information and communication technology to fight corruption and promote participatory democracy in Romania; the role of virtual currencies in modern societies; the link between information and communication technology and digital diplomacy in the Western Balkan countries; the role of information and communication technology in enhancing citizens' involvement in day-to-day policymaking in Brazil and Saudi Arabia; the politics behind large information systems projects; and the relationship between trade in information and communication technology, the international economy, and politics. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *

Contributed by information management, computer science, and other researchers working in academia, politics, and the think-tank sector around the world, the 19 essays in this volume consider issues related to the impact of information and communication technologies on politics. They examine the impact of the internet in promoting democracy in processes of regime transition in Tunisia, Egypt, Angola, and Zimbabwe; the patterns of political content diffusion in social networks; social media and public engagement in Belarus; the use of advanced computational techniques like text mining and sentiment analysis in social media to understand the relationship between political status and economic development in Taiwan; the impact of social media and disruptive technologies on political campaigns; the compliance of open data in politics in terms of General Data Protection Regulation requirements in the European Union; how cyberintelligence and cyberterrorism impact national security, surveillance, and privacy in the US, as well as citizens' opinions about privacy and security, using the case of Edward Snowden; and information security risks in Russian propaganda. Other chapters discuss information and communication technology to fight corruption and promote participatory democracy in Romania; the role of virtual currencies in modern societies; the link between information and communication technology and digital diplomacy in the Western Balkan countries; the role of information and communication technology in enhancing citizens' involvement in day-to-day policymaking in Brazil and Saudi Arabia; the politics behind large information systems projects; and the relationship between trade in information and communication technology, the international economy, and politics. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *

Author Information

Anna Visvizi is Associate Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her research focuses on the intersection of politics, economics and ICT.  Miltiadis D. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. His work focuses on bringing together advances in ICT and knowledge management to advance socio-economic sustainability and citizens' wellbeing.

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