Can new technology help people shape better public policy?
Posted on 10 February 2010
Professor Ann Macintosh will examine whether election candidates can translate their increasing use of the internet and social networking tools in campaigns into better policymaking once in office.
Her lecture is the first in a series marking the 21st anniversary of the University of York’s Science and Technology Studies Unit.
President Obama demonstrated the campaigning potential of new digital technologies
Professor Ann Macintosh
Professor Macintosh is Professor of Digital Governance at the Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds.
She said: “President Barack Obama powerfully demonstrated the campaigning potential of new digital technologies during his run for office in 2008, but governing is very different to campaigning.
“As these forms of communication develop it is important to consider if and how they should be used by governments to inform the decisions they take in what are often very complex policy areas.”
Admission to the lecture, on Wednesday 17 February, is free and open to all. It starts at 6.15pm in room P/L001 in the Department of Physics.
Notes to editors:
- The Science and Technology Studies Unit is based in the Department of Sociology which was ranked joint first in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
- The University hosts a series of public lectures covering a wide variety of subjects every year. A complete list is available at www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/.
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