Collective Intelligence in Polish-Ukrainian Internet Projects. Debate Models and Research Methods

Rafał Olszowski and Marcin Chmielowski
Additional contact information
Rafał Olszowski: Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Science and Technology, ul. Gramatyka 8a, 30-071 Kraków, Poland
Marcin Chmielowski: Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Science and Technology, ul. Gramatyka 8a, 30-071 Kraków, Poland

Future Internet, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-20

Abstract: In this study, we focus on models of civic debate suitable for use in Polish-Ukrainian internet projects, as well as methods of researching collective intelligence that can help to monitor particular aspects of such debates and consequently create social bridging capital between these groups. The dynamic socio-political situation of recent years, both in Ukraine and in Poland, has created new conditions. Anti-government protests and social turmoil related to the war in Crimea and Donbas, as well as a high level of migration in the region in a short period led to the creation of a multi-ethnic society. This brings opportunities for the development of a new type of social capital: A new participative model of social life based on internet projects, with a relatively low entry barrier, space for creativity, and the widespread use of ICT technologies, can provide the new ways of debating, civic engagement, and collective action. Our research, based on a multidisciplinary literature review, as well as a series of qualitative in-depth interviews (IDIs), proved that the selected collective intelligence (CI) research methods and debate models can help to develop internet communities that will contribute to building bridging capital between Poles and Ukrainians.

Keywords: collective intelligence; research methods; debate models; migrations; central-eastern Europe; bridging capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/106/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/6/106/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jftint:v:12:y:2020:i:6:p:106-:d:374279

Access Statistics for this article

Future Internet is currently edited by Ms. Grace You

More articles in Future Internet from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().