I recall at the AOIR conference in Minneapolis a handful of presentations with juicy numbers about citizen perspectives on the use of the Internet in community/government/politics. If this rings a bell from that conference, your recent conference in the Netherlands, or any of your work, drop me a copy of anything appropriate: clift@publicus.net Below is a more specific list of questions that I am rushing to answer. I should note that I am an "e-democracy" practitioner who likes to build bridges between academics and e-democracy builders around the world. Keep me informed and I'll credit your work if I use it in one of my many speeches (hundreds across 25 countries thus far). Also, I released a compilation of abstracts from the APSA conference on DO-WIRE yesterday: http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@tc.umn.edu/msg00574.html I am looking for more abstract sources as well. eCitizen Numbers Next week I'll make a presentation to a foundation(s) titled the "Eye on the eCitizen." I am currently scouring the net and my contacts for the following things (expanded from my do-wire note linked above): - general statistics that illustrate that citizens become engaged when they "think it matters" or when they "think it will influence the outcome" - general breakdown/population estimates of the types of citizens - such my own framework: + active citizens (vote always, active in governance/community) + informed citizens (follow the news, vote mostly) + passive citizens (sometimes vote, avoid political news) + disengaged citizens (rarely vote, news? what's that) - what people do online in general - time spent doing X, visiting Y - any studies about user habits in their e-mail boxes versus web surfing - usages trends related to political/media/government sites - what people say they want in terms of political/governance information and services online and how they actually use such information/services currently and related trends - any numbers demonstrating a change in page views following usability improvements on government/political/media web sites - any numbers that help create a baseline related to e-democracy - any online usage trends related to the recent elections anywhere My goal is to help layout a framework for strategic involvement in e-democracy. Based on what we know, what can we do between elections with online tools and political/community involvement and what opportunities might exist in future elections. That is my goal. Anything related to above would be most helpful: clift@publicus.net Thanks, Steven Clift http://www.publicus.net Democracies Online Newswire http://www.e-democracy.org/do