WE ARE witnesses to an epochal transformation in the analytically distinct domains of production and communication. On one side, we see a shift from mass production to network modes of organizing, as hierarchical, bureaucratic forms coexist with heterarchical, collaborative forms. On the other, we see a shift from mass communication to interactive media, as the uni-directional channels of one-t...

Effective communication between voters and members of parliament is a key success factor democracy. Fortunately, modern information technology is giving a lot of new channels to take care of this communication. Traditionally, Members of Parliament have maintained static www-sites, but nowadays more dynamic and interactive forms of communication, such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter are almost a ...

We are currently witnessing a paradigm shift in digital communication, determined by platformization. Digital channels have abandoned any unidirectional pretension to become interactive and bidirectional channels. Through systematic literature review, this research aims obtain clear, complete, updated definition of the concept "social audience". The results point an increase incidence terms suc...

We describe systems and their components by functional speci cation techniques We de ne notions of interface and interaction re nement for interactive systems and their components These notions of re nement allow one to change both the syntactic the number of channels and sorts of messages at the channels and the semantic interface causality ow between messages and interaction granularity of an...

We describe systems and their components by functional speciication techniques. We deene notions of interface and interaction reenement for interactive systems and their components. These notions of reenement allow one to change both the syntactic (the number of channels and sorts of messages at the channels) and the semantic interface (causality ow between messages and interaction granularity)...