The author presents the socio-technological aspects of reliable, transparent and socially acceptable e-voting. He focuses on a two-point system of identity verification and a safe data transfer, the possibility of casting a vote according to the Last Vote Counts system, voter anonymity, an open source development method and a clear and transparent user interface and support system based on two-way communication. Only by including politicians, experts and the public in the development and realisation of e-voting can we achieve its positive implementation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 27183965
Collecting survey data on ego-centered social networks is a difficult task due to complex questionnaire format. Self-administered modes of data collection, especially web data collection, are particularly problematic, as the respondents are left alone with a complex and burdensome questionnaire. The paper develops an approach that leads to optimal and standardized format of capturing social network data with web questionnaires.
COBISS.SI-ID: 27367005
In the paper the social networks of active members in online communities were used to predict their future behaviour. The discussion was limited to web forums. At first authors address the problem of measuring the ties between authors where there is no direct information about the tie between two authors. For that purpose metrics were developed so that a corresponding social network can be constructed.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28519517
The paper compares methods for detecting and measuring regular equivalence in valued networks. The methods compared can be divided into direct and indirect methods. The indirect methods considered are all variants of recent REGE algorithm, while direct methods have been evolved since 1990’s. Approaches are compared on an empirical valued social network. Advantages and disadvantages of approaches are discussed.
COBISS.SI-ID: 27009373
Public discussion on introduction of electronic elections in Slovenia was sporadic and it opened a series of questions that public authority has to answer. So far existing policy of informatization of election system and election process had to be rethought from various points of view. Author analyzes the topic from the political science perspective, starting with the thesis that introduction of the informative-communicative technology into the election system and process is not only technical and legal question but also relates to the questions of the very legitimacy of the election system.
COBISS.SI-ID: 26123613