open policy making may 2013
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A presentation on Open Policy given by Catherine Howe of Public-i at Demsoc during an open policy day in May 2013TRANSCRIPT
Who is designing the
digital public realm?
Catherine Howe, Chief Executive Public-i
What is the data telling us?
Consistent growth of
Internet takeup
At time of writing, over 80% of the adult population are online and 92%
have mobile phones. Around 50% of the UK population own a smart
phone.
Technology needs to be considered in the context of social change
Consistent growth of
‘social’ behaviours
Users who access the internet from mobile devices are more likely to
create content, consume content, and look for information online – in
turn, allowing them to become more active participants.
Digital exclusion is becoming
social exclusion
Those already at a disadvantage and arguably with the most to gain from the internet are the least likely to be making use of it and further disadvantaged by not using it.
What do we mean by Digital?*
*what do I mean?
Our relationship with the public is changing
We limit ourselves by simply considering changes to the way we communicate
Self Publication: Disintermediation of the Media
Virtual Community and Social Networking: Wide scale use of Networked
Power
Collaborative Culture: Creating a sharing economy
Radical Openness: Disruption of the democratic relationship
Networked Technology: Smart Cities and new streams of information
Customization, Making and Self-Service: Disruption of manufacturing and
the industrial economy
Technology or Social Change?
The Internet is the most significant technological development of the
last 100 years. At least.
Disintermediation
Disintermediation and new forms of power
Political Parties have less
relevance
Local Media is struggling to
survive
There is no space for
discretion
Your thinking will be done
in public
There are new rules of engagement
Networked Digital
Open Agile
Participatory Culture and a Network Society
Collaborating
Participating Sharing
Creating
Connecting
Open by default: this is open not just in terms of information but also in terms of
thinking and decision making
Digitally native: not in terms of age but in terms of the individual adopting the
behaviours and social norms of the digital culture
Co-productive: an expectation that everyone in the conversation has power to act
and the potential to be active in the outcome as well as the decision-making process
And as the name says, networked: able to be effective via networked as well as
hierarchical power as a leader, to blur boundaries and to work across groups
The qualities of Democracy in a Network Society
Government is no
longer the only one
creating public
space
What could digital civic space look like?
Data?
Creativity?
Augmented
reality?
More of the same?
Opportunities to sell stuff?
Building and making?
It doesn’t have to be
defined by the technology
There are other ways of
looking at this
http://www.uckfieldnews.com/
http://lewes.co.uk/
http://hollingdeannews.wordpress.com/
A new Public Sphere?
Co-production and
ABCD
New kinds of spaces
Networks….of
networks
Society not Technology
Digital Civic Space
Open
Co-
productive
Place defined
by Citizens
Representative
Public
What does this mean for leaders?
Does this change the relationship with the public?
Transactional services
Clear accountabilities
Deficit model of community
engagement
Hierarchical power
Informed consumers
Co-produced services
Blurred boundaries
Asset model of community
engagement
Networked Power
Active Citizens
Customer Citizen
Will we just communicate with the public or collaborate with them?
What will the public realm look like online?