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EGovernment is commonly approached with a technical emphasis. In contrast to this perspective, we will take eGovernment into consideration as a phenomenon of communication. Our perspective is based on the assumption that the introduction of eGovernment has to be concomitant with a process of discussion in order to have lasting effects on a society. In contrast to the internet, eGovernment is approached more pragmatically through the public discourse. This line of argumentation will be highlighted by analysing the Swiss media discourse on eGovernment.
This research is part of a doctoral thesis and of a research project conducted for the Swiss Federal Government, in which we will analyse the public discourses on eGovernment in Switzerland and on an international level.
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Yammine, A. (2002). A New Approach to the Phenomenon of e-Government: Analysis of the Public Discourse on e-Government in Switzerland. In: Traunmüller, R., Lenk, K. (eds) Electronic Government. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46138-8_66
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