This systematic review aimed to provide a comprehensive view of (1) the purposes of
research studies using smart city infrastructures to promote citizen participation in the cities' …

Despite the increasing use of digital tools for citizen participation, their ecosystem and
functionality remain underexplored. What digital tools exist, and how do they help citizens …

Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The
very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to …

Decentralized civic engagement, ie engagement which is not initiated and managed by
government, has been often used as a popular slogan in various public speeches to …

It was expected that the increasing coverage of EU affairs in national public spheres would
lead to a greater sense of European belonging. The Internet was expected to foster this …

In response to a lack of public participation, public administrations have been looking to e-
participation as one strategy to overcome current barriers, such as lack of legitimacy and …

The emergence of the Internet fueled euphoric—partially utopian—visions that can be
summarized as democratic promises. In most cases, the normative and empirical discussion …

Blockchain is gaining popularity as a potential solution for the decentralized management of
public information. A number of interesting solutions have been proposed by independent …

Revista Estudos em Comunicação é financiada por Fundos FEDER através do Programa
Operacional Factores de Competitividade–COMPETE e por Fundos Nacionais através da …