Using argument visualization to enhance e-participation in the legislation formation process

Loukis, E; Xenakis, A; Tseperli, N

dc.contributor.author	Loukis, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Xenakis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Tseperli, N	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:52:14Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:52:14Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	03029743	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35876
dc.subject	Argument visualization	en
dc.subject	e-participation evaluation	en
dc.subject	Legislation formation process	en
dc.subject	Public policy debate	en
dc.subject.other	Argument visualization	en
dc.subject.other	E-participation	en
dc.subject.other	e-participation evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	Formation process	en
dc.subject.other	Legal documents	en
dc.subject.other	Legislation formation process	en
dc.subject.other	Quantitative and qualitative methods	en
dc.subject.other	Technology acceptance model	en
dc.subject.other	Public policy	en
dc.subject.other	Visualization	en
dc.subject.other	Quality control	en
dc.title	Using argument visualization to enhance e-participation in the legislation formation process	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/978-3-642-03781-8_12	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03781-8_12	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	Most public policy problems are 'wicked', being characterised by high complexity, many heterogeneous views and conflicts among various stakeholders. Therefore citizens interested to participate in such debates in order to be sufficiently informed should study large amounts of relevant material, such as reports, laws, committees' minutes, etc., which are in legalistic or in other specialist languages, or very often their substance is hidden in political rhetoric, putting barriers to a meaningful participation. In this paper we present the results of the research we have conducted for addressing this problem through the use of 'Computer Supported Argument Visualization' (CSAV) methods for supporting and enhancing e-participation in the legislation formation process. This approach has been implemented in a pilot e-participation project and then evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative methods based on the 'Technology Acceptance Model' (TAM), with positive results. Based on the conclusions of this evaluation an enrichment of the IBIS framework has been developed for improving the visualization of legal documents. © 2009 Springer.	en
heal.journalName	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-3-642-03781-8_12	en
dc.identifier.volume	5694 LNCS	en
dc.identifier.spage	125	en
dc.identifier.epage	138	en