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E-policy: risks and opportunities for this new way of making policy by Alexis Wichowski. Social networks have transformed the way in which public policies are designed and implemented. 140 characters are enough -- to replace press releases and press conferences as well as research with analysis and proposals -- to announce, defend or discard decisions. This dynamic has a profound impact on the government's relationship with citizenship as it opens the way for the first to report on its agenda, operation and guidelines in a trivial and simplistic manner... and for citizens to respond immediately and without further analysis With your support, rejection or indifference. This new way of making policy, which we call e-policy, presents us with new questions: social networks enhance or undermine the process of formulating public policy, transparency and the quality of democracy?, the casual nature of the Has social media conversations made the government more accessible to citizenship or has it simply eroded the quality of dialogue? And perhaps most important: ultimately, are our citizens better informed and more engaged civically? Or are tweets and selfies tools to promote a flat and democracy? The Conference will discuss these questions, examining both the potential and the dangers of this new political phenomenon. #columbiaglobalcenters #columbiauniversity #cgcsantiago #santiago #chile #risk #policy #press #government #citizenship #democracy #media #epolicy

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