Comments on: Blogs for e-Government: sufficient condition, but not necessary http://ictlogy.net/20080518-blogs-for-e-government-sufficient-condition-but-not-necessary/ Information Society, Digital Divide, ICT4D Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:43:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ismael Peña-López http://ictlogy.net/20080518-blogs-for-e-government-sufficient-condition-but-not-necessary/#comment-65386 Ismael Peña-López Mon, 19 May 2008 13:44:52 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/?p=731#comment-65386 Right, there are non-democratic countries with increasing blog use... but ain't this a signal that there are some inner democratic preasures towards a normalization of political freedom? On the other hand, we should surely be talking about "real" or "effective" blogging, however we define and measure it. The concept being that blogs that are blocked or are self-censored, for instance, should not count as actual blogging, at least not as proxies for freedom of speech. Right, there are non-democratic countries with increasing blog use… but ain’t this a signal that there are some inner democratic preasures towards a normalization of political freedom?

On the other hand, we should surely be talking about “real” or “effective” blogging, however we define and measure it. The concept being that blogs that are blocked or are self-censored, for instance, should not count as actual blogging, at least not as proxies for freedom of speech.

]]> By: Víctor R. Ruiz http://ictlogy.net/20080518-blogs-for-e-government-sufficient-condition-but-not-necessary/#comment-65385 Víctor R. Ruiz Mon, 19 May 2008 12:53:19 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/?p=731#comment-65385 Hi, thanks for the answer. I wondered whether the non-existence of the relationsip was actually good news. It could mean some non-developed/non-democratic countries are also using blogs. And there are good examples of that, like China and Iran. However, we cannot be positive that blog use foster democracy. Iran has had a big blogosphere for years, but political changes and freedom aren't following. Hi, thanks for the answer. I wondered whether the non-existence of the relationsip was actually good news. It could mean some non-developed/non-democratic countries are also using blogs. And there are good examples of that, like China and Iran. However, we cannot be positive that blog use foster democracy. Iran has had a big blogosphere for years, but political changes and freedom aren’t following.

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