Marco Adria

Marco Adria is Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Alberta. He is co-editor of Handbook of research in citizen engagement and public participation in the era of new media (IGI Global, 2016). He has been a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in Public and Corporate Communication, University of Milan, Italy, and in the Department of Business at the Tecnolόgico de Monterrey, Mexico. His book, Technology and Nationalism (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010) won the Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics, awarded by the New York based Media Ecology Association.

Publications

Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation
Using New Media for Citizen Engagement and Participation
Marco Adria. © 2020. 347 pages.
Recent technological advancements have made it possible to use moderated discussion threads on social media to provide citizens with a means of discussion concerning issues that...
Participedia as a Ground for Dialogue
Participedia as a Ground for Dialogue
Marco Adria, Paul Richard Messinger, Edrick A. Andrews, Chelsey Ehresman. © 2020. 21 pages.
Participedia (participedia.net) is a wiki-based library of some 1,000 cases of democratic innovations in their historical and cultural contexts. Public-involvement (PI)...
Handbook of Research on Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media
Handbook of Research on Citizen Engagement and Public Participation in the Era of New Media
Marco Adria, Yuping Mao. © 2017. 503 pages.
New media forums have created a unique opportunity for citizens to participate in a variety of social and political contexts. As new social technologies are being utilized in a...
Encouraging Public Involvement in Public Policymaking through University-Government Collaboration
Encouraging Public Involvement in Public Policymaking through University-Government Collaboration
Marco Adria, Yuping Mao. © 2011. 7 pages.
New methods of involving large numbers of citizens in public decision-making using information and communications technologies have spurred academic and professional interest....
E-Learning as Nation Building
E-Learning as Nation Building
Marco Adria, Katy Campbell. © 2007. 16 pages.
This chapter is concerned with how individuals may examine the potential for social change arising from interactions in an e-learning environment. We explore continuing education...