Hi everyone, our friend at GovLab Dino Cantu is asking if anyone has measured if -- since vTaiwan has been happening -- if there is *increased trust in government*? Admittedly this is hard to measure, but perhaps someone has tried?
I think it’s hard to say (as you mentioned) an overall increase of trust in government. But if we look at cases, we can observe some pattern of increased trust from the citizens.
from one of the links above,
“Luke Bacon, of the Open Australia Foundation says that ‘if the government is able to establish digital services that are easily accessible, and the public finds the services convenient, they will have more trust for the government.’ ”
Looking at our recent progress and news on the redesign of tax reporting system, I can see positive posts from social media. Although there’s still room for improvement.
Download (PDF): Guidelines for Measuring Trust in Organizations (updated 2013) Introduction In 2003, a coalition of organizations representing 50,000 public relations and communications professionals gathered in New Jersey to discuss ways to restore trust in American business. Buffeted by scandal and crisis since the
I think it’s hard to say (as you mentioned) an overall increase of trust in government. But if we look at cases, we can observe some pattern of increased trust from the citizens.
from one of the links above,
“Luke Bacon, of the Open Australia Foundation says that ‘if the government is able to establish digital services that are easily accessible, and the public finds the services convenient, they will have more trust for the government.’ ”
Looking at our recent progress and news on the redesign of tax reporting system, I can see positive posts from social media. Although there’s still room for improvement.
The Executive Yuan’s decision to open more government policies for public debate on its online public policy platform before April 30 is helping build public trust in the government, Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang (唐鳳) said yesterday.
Public support for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration continues to drop, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has garnered slightly more support than the DPP, according to a poll released yesterday.
@au commented on @canadian_aaron’s file p.txt.gif: in this graph, on the left is “confidence in President Tsai”, similarly the right. there are other polls that focuses on the Premier. the Join platform also has some polls related specifically to the platform’s users.
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