With the recent increase in urban population worldwide, and the emergence of big data
analytics, there is a growing interest in research on how cities are actively reconstructing …

During the past decade, most large US cities have implemented non-emergency incident
reporting systems via telephone helplines, websites and more recently, mobile applications …

Volunteered geographic information (VGI), delivered via mobile and web apps, offers new
potentials for civic engagement. If framed in the context of open, transparent and …

This paper focuses on how digital communication technologies extend the context of civic
life and change the motivations for civil commitment, while also trying to explain how …

Charities are subject to stringent transparency and accountability requirements from
government and funders to ensure that they are conducting work and spending money …

New media studies have attracted increasing scholarly attention as communication
technologies become integrated into our everyday lives. New media provide unique …

In March 2011, while reading the news, I came across an interesting article describing a
whole new world of using games for serious purposes. By then, I was already part of the …

In this dissertation, I examine the rhetorical agency of chatbots and their influence on
political discourses within digitally mediated spaces. As an emerging technology with …

Purpose: Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar os problemas e soluções de uma cidade
nas perspectivas dos cidadãos e apresentar essa abordagem como parte de uma estrutura …

This dissertation will show that current practices of data collection, sharing and influence of
tweens and teens threaten eudaimonia by playing upon their desires and shaping their …