As novas formas de participação social na era digital

Abstract

The research preocuupy in discussing the utilization of the information and communication technologies, TICs, for the public administration, with the objective of providing to the civil society a democratic, transparent, accessible, and government compatible with the digital era in that lived. As that new administration conception becomes reality, the citizenship concept it is reinvented. So that the e-government is viable, in first place it is done necessary that the public administration is committed, providing information and important services to the citizen, because, as the final discussion demonstrate that, great portion of the population already has access to the computer and the internet, it is enough to incorporate in your daily one the habit of using the e-government tools and, with that, indirectly, to press the government to enlarge that access. Therefore, it was verified as a result of the research that there are forts indications that TICs constantly develop and with that, they join every day, countless people, that use them in several ways, among them, the communication, the obtaining of information, the entertainment, the purchases and the public services. And this last one, the largest challenge for the effective social participation in the digital era. To give support to the present study, a research of quantitative approach was accomplished. The instrument of collection of data chosen was the questionnaire, formulated in items that translated the objective of the research.