Does e-governance facilitate citizen empowerment in democracies? A critical discourse analysis Fraunholz, Bardo and Unnithan, Chandana 2009, Does e-governance facilitate citizen empowerment in democracies? A critical discourse analysis, International journal of electronic governance, vol. 2, no. 2/3, pp. 131-155. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Does e-governance facilitate citizen empowerment in democracies? A critical discourse analysis Author(s) Fraunholz, Bardo orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-9132 Unnithan, Chandana Journal name International journal of electronic governance Volume number 2 Issue number 2/3 Start page 131 End page 155 Total pages 25 Publisher Inderscience Publishers Place of publication London, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 1742-7509 1742-7517 Keyword(s) democracy citizen empowerment e-governance electronic governance web 2.0; elections Summary E-governance is professed to be a facilitator for citizen empowerment in both developed and developing democracies. Governments believe that being accessible online with no time barriers facilitates uniform services delivery, increasing the reach in developing democracies, while re-engaging passive citizens in developed democracies. Examining varied selected examples, in this paper, we take a closer look at this perception of e-governance being a catalyst in empowering citizens in democracies, through a critical discourse analysis. We focus on the elections and related issues, in particular, amongst some nations, as this process is regarded as crucial for the existence of democracies. Language eng Field of Research 080699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 899999 Information and Communication Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023725 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Information and Business Analytics Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 16 Feb 2010, 14:39:55 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 09:01:06 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 09:01:52 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2010, 13:35:32 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2010, 13:36:36 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 15:52:39 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 15:54:34 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2012, 13:34:48 EST Mon, 27 May 2013, 14:28:43 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 14:00:27 EST Wed, 24 Jul 2013, 09:29:41 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:07:20 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 22:11:05 EST Tue, 03 Feb 2015, 12:41:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 941 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 16 Feb 2010, 14:39:53 EST by Katrina Fleming