Modern communication technology in principle makes political participation feasible. Information, consultation and participation of citizens in the working of their highest political body – a parliament- should be easier than ever. This contribution analyses if this is really so on the case of Slovenia and its parliament, the National Assembly. Parliamentary website of the Republic of Slovenia is studied in terms of usability, usefulness and utility those are the key criteria in discussion about website performance. The analysis of e-democracy takes into account citizen participation in the legislative procedure, enabling direct communication with the members of the parliament, possibilities for citizen initiatives and procedure and content transparency at each stage of the decision-making process. The chapter reports on limits of the current website of the National Assembly of Slovenia and proposes guidelines for better use of new technologies in the political process and for improving user experience.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30772061
The article in a critical way deals with the relationship between technology, media and university. It is particularly stressed how should science and university communicate or act a relational performance with media and broader public.
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The article is based on a pondered outline of examples of the social reception of opera. Four models of the social reception of opera are exemplified: 1) Mozart, hybridism and divergent culture; 2) Wagner, avantgardism and high culture; 3) Meyerbeer, commercialism and popular culture; 4) Verdi, belcantism and peopleʼs culture. In fact it deals with the theory of audiences. By doing that it is related to the theory of media audiences and consumation.
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