In this paper we introduce the e-society cognitive approach based on the social agent. The social Agent is e-learning oriented. The e-society cognitive platform may consider different fields like e-learning, e-health, e-commerce, e-medicine, and e-government. In this paper we will introduce the e-society platform. The e-society platform supports the educational and pedagogical aspects. The e-so...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the translation of the national policies at local levels in order to draw some conclusions about the impact of the strategies upon an equitable distribution of an esociety in terms of ethnicity and disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly and disabled. Three data gathering activities were conducted in the UK local areas of Hillingdon and Medway: a survey tha...

A research paper presents that the overall goal in public sector is better governance. The answer lies with recognition of all factors: social, economic, technology. The creation of an accurate system for measuring intangible constituents is a challenging task that cannot be entirely done by direct means. Through the course of research a multidimensional method was introduced. Peoples dimension...

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a comprehensive framework to elucidate the relationship between members’ motivations, attitudes, behavior, and usage patterns of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) as a platform of Electronic Societies (e-societies) focusing on Facebook social networking platform. A questionnaire survey method was used to collect data. The sample included Faceboo...

This article shares experience on aspects related to the methodology and modeling of a framework of City E-Governance Readiness. We discuss Europe’s progress in this domain using an “e-readiness” assessment methodology: the Integrated City E-Governance Policy Model of the IntelCities Research Project (2004-2007). Practices and trends in 12 European cities are analyzed, drawing on the results of...

Accessibility to all levels of information technology has experienced rapid progress in recent years, particularly in the health sector. Rapid penetration into this technology has led to changes in lifestyles and changes in the working procedures of institutions. In 2014, the number of Internet users reached 3 billion, and this number is predicted to exceed 8 billion in 2018. Statistics estimat...

ment in a privacy-enhanced collaborative environment. In P. Kommers, & P. Isaías (Eds.) Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Society 2010, (pp. 3–10). International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), Porto: IADIS Press. URL: http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/role-management-in-a-privacyenhanced-collaborative-environment, Slides: http://www.sl...

The last two decades were characterized by a huge development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) particularly web technologies. This fact caused the most accelerated and comprehensive social and economic revolution ever seen: people and companies began to access web services and contents to improve knowledge and to establish interaction among each other. This new paradigm has ...

E-Governance is a powerful tool to bring about change to the government processes in the developing world. E-governance operates at the cross roads between Information and Communication Technology and government processes and is divided in three overlapping domains: e-administration, e-services and e-society. In order to be successful, e-governance needs to be firmly embedded in the existing go...

This paper presents an empirical study of the performance of e-government in Sri Lanka from the perspective of citizens within a public value based conceptual framework. The delivery of quality public services, the effectiveness of public organizations, and the achievement of socially desirable outcomes through e-government are considered using the data from several national surveys. The study ...