E-Participation, Sociological Roles and Software User Roles [via Collaborative Software Community Group]

Some Americans might desire protections to their freedom of speech from
employment-related concerns. Such Americans include those employed in service
careers, those who tend to already understand civic duties, those who might tend
to want to e-participate. Some such careers include those of policemen, firemen,
city employees, lawyers and educators including social studies teachers.

The idea that individuals might get into trouble at work if they speak their
opinions can stifle free speech in communities. Options to protect free speech
include legal protections, labor unions, teachers' unions and tenure.

Technological solutions include role-based participation where participants can
toggle their sociological / user roles per activity or contribution at
e-participation venues. Such features would also pertain to the indexing, search
and retrieval, the Web-based search, of their contributions.

Groups to incentivize to participate include young professional lawyers in each
city. Participation can provide opportunities for individuals to distinguish
themselves as well as to network with their neighbors, with other lawyers, with
bureaucrats and with politicians. Lawyers can participate at e-participation
venues in multiple roles. In legal roles, lawyers can advise ad hoc groups about
the democratic processes of their communities; in citizen roles, they can
express opinions and discuss topics alongside their neighbors. Lawyers should be
able to indicate or toggle roles.

Groups to incentivize to participate include social studies educators. According
to the National Council for the Social Studies, social studies teachers are
“role models for civic participation.” Furthermore, social studies will
likely have a “major role to play in ethical dilemmas in the dialogue around
context, control, censorship, and regulation of science.” The NCSS strategic
plan includes that social studies educators have “equal access to all the
resources they need.”

Groups to incentivize to participate include university professors, for instance
political science professors, law professors, history professors, law history
professors, urban planning professors and civics professors. The American
Association of University Professors protects academic freedom and provides
resources on the topic.



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