Kodanikeühenduste osalus infoühiskonnas
Date
2009
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
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Nongovermental organisations participation in information society.
Keywords: civil society; inclusion; information society; network society;
nongovermental organisation; participation; tokenism.
In relation to present bachelor thesis empirical part there was done a standardised
enquiry, the results are presented afore. The enquiry was carried out in online
environment during two weeks from 25. March to 5. April 2009. The members of
Network of Estonian Non-profit Organizations were asked to participate in this
enquiry, all together 98 organizations, 62 of them answered to the enquiry.
We can say that NGOs (non-governmental organizations) participate by means of
supra- ICT (info and communication technologies) and also traditional. NGOs mostly
say their reason to participate in info and network society is the goal to find
information to communicate with the public sector, business partners or just to
simplify their work. The primary forms of participatory of citizen unions in info and
network society are internet, including e-mail, e-services and e-mail lists. Less
spread is web based communities. We can say from organizations participation that
NGOs are active participants and NGOs participation is not pseudo participation, but
participation in it most realistic form, there is interest toward it and it is being seen as
an opportunity not obligation. NGOs participation in info and network society is first
and foremost participation and inclusion, but there are also attitudes where ICT is
being seen only as instrument, but the proportion of this opinion is minimal.
For conclusion as to rely on the things said afore we can say that NGOs participate
in info and network society, use opportunities offered from ICT, but also have
preserved traditional ways of participation. ICT is not only technology but also a
way for participation and inclusion of citizen and country. But, if we take as an
example the web based communities, wikis or blogs, where the participation is
humble and needs support, we still can say that NGOs are active users of ICT and eservices
offered by country.
Keywords
H Social Sciences (General), bakalaureusetööd, infoühiskond, kodanikuühiskond, mittetulundussektor, sihtasutused, ühendused