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DIALOGUE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Greenest City Conversations Research Project (http://gcc.ubc.ca)

• Digital engagement channels

Emergent dialogue

• Twitter as “digital backchannel” space

• Collaborative sense-making and meaning-making

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Question

Does emergent dialogue occur during interactions- between the case study

organization and the public?- amongst members of the

public?

What factors shape how the organizations use and understand Twitter?

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Question Method

Does emergent dialogue occur during interactions- between the case study

organization and the public?- amongst members of the

public?

Network analysis; content analysis

What factors shape how the organizations use and understand Twitter?

Case study (semi-structured interviews, documentary research)

COMMUNITY… AND PLANNING ENGAGEMENT?“Ad-hoc” publics

Off-line community activity

Online activity as “everyday creativity”

Engagement = new media practices and organizations able and willing to participate meaningfully

#PLANNERSTWEET

- Getting inspiration from other places (Nick Quinn)

- Dialogue from different perspectives and fields (Neal LaMontagne); expanding civic conversation (Rob Goodspeed)

- Community of practice: Asking questions, reading news, keeping up with the practice (Daniella Fergusson)

- Participate in the ongoing conversation by using the tag in tweets:- http://twitter.com/search/plannerstweet

THANKS F

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Karen Quinn Fung

e: karen@counti8.ca

t: @counti8

counti8.ca/caps2012