Francesco Amoretti

Francesco Amoretti is Professor of Political Communication, and of E-democracy and E-Government Policies, University of Salerno, Graduate Degree Course in Communication Science. Since 1999 he is Member of the Directive Committee of the Political Communication Review. He has published journal articles in several areas, including social policies, administrative reforms, and mass media and political systems. Currently his interests focus broadly on new technologies and politics – e-democracy and e-government - communication policy, European public space, and cyberspace. Recent publications are in the Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, and in a issue of Review of Policy Research.

Publications

Governing Digital Divides: Power Structures and ICT Strategies in a Global Perspective
Governing Digital Divides: Power Structures and ICT Strategies in a Global Perspective
Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella. © 2013. 16 pages.
A great part of the rhetoric accompanying the rapid diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Western societies in recent decades has put the spotlight on...
Governing Digital Divides: Power Structures and ICT Strategies in a Global Perspective
Governing Digital Divides: Power Structures and ICT Strategies in a Global Perspective
Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella. © 2011. 17 pages.
A great part of the rhetoric accompanying the rapid diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Western societies in recent decades has put the spotlight on...
Electronic Constitution: Social, Cultural, and Political Implications
Electronic Constitution: Social, Cultural, and Political Implications
Francesco Amoretti. © 2009. 310 pages.
Creative advancements in the field of information technology are rapidly transforming and reinventing former governmental practices, opening the door to new possibilities in...
Electronic Constitution: A Braudelian Perspective
Electronic Constitution: A Braudelian Perspective
Francesco Amoretti. © 2009. 19 pages.
In “Electronic Constitution: A Braudelian Perspective”, Francesco Amoretti presents a model for the analysis of time and space structures of digital networks based on the...
The European Administrative Space and E-Government Policies: Between Integration and Competition
The European Administrative Space and E-Government Policies: Between Integration and Competition
Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella. © 2009. 15 pages.
The challenge of convergence has become a core issue in the European agenda, as the existence of widely accepted administrative standards represents one of the most important...
A Research Agenda for the Future
A Research Agenda for the Future
Francesco Amoretti. © 2009. 4 pages.
This volume does not constitute yet another account of the blessings of ICTs. Nor does it add new criticism to the old, nurturing fears about the future. The goal of this book is...
From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities
From Digital Divides to Digital Inequalities
Francesco Amoretti, Clementina Casula. © 2009. 6 pages.
Concerns about inequalities deriving from the penetration of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) have only recently become a widely debated issue in industrial...
Indicators and Measures of E-Government
Indicators and Measures of E-Government
Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella. © 2009. 7 pages.
Although the question of measurement is crucial when defining any concept, little attention has been devoted to a comprehensive view of information and communication technologies...
Institutional Isomorphism and New Technologies
Institutional Isomorphism and New Technologies
Francesco Amoretti, Fortunato Musella. © 2009. 6 pages.
Technological factor is mainly underestimated in the literature on institutions and organizations. Although organizational studies and information technology are disciplines...
Community of Production
Community of Production
Francesco Amoretti. © 2009. 6 pages.
There is no universal agreement regarding the meaning of the term “social software.” Clay Shirky, in his classic speech “A Group is its Own Worst Enemy,” defined social software...
Community of Production
Community of Production
Francesco Amoretti, Mauro Santaniello. © 2009. 7 pages.
There is no universal agreement regarding the meaning of the term “social software.” Clay Shirky, in his classic speech “A Group is its Own Worst Enemy,” defined social software...
Benchmarking Electonic Democracy
Benchmarking Electonic Democracy
Francesco Amoretti. © 2008. 9 pages.
Electronic democracy refers to the use of information technology (IT) to expedite or transform the idea and practice of democracy. (Street, 2001, p. 4397) From the beginning, a...
Digital International Governance
Digital International Governance
Francesco Amoretti. © 2008. 9 pages.
Up to 1980, development, which had been defined as nationally managed economic growth, was redefined as “successful participation in the world market” (World Bank, 1980, quoted...
E-Government at Supranational Level in the European Union
E-Government at Supranational Level in the European Union
Francesco Amoretti. © 2008. 9 pages.
The term “e-government” became part of the political vocabulary toward the end of the 1990s. Previously, with the onset of new technologies, it found its place in the wider...
E-Government Regimes
E-Government Regimes
Francesco Amoretti. © 2008. 11 pages.
The internationalization of the reform movement is changing the ways in which governments operate throughout the world (Kettl, 2000). The ICT revolution is fast spreading its...