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Alberto Bitonti

Digital Public Affairs

The power of data and the impact of digital innovation on the practice ofpublic affairs

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Research question

How does digital innovation impact the practiceof public affairs?

Three common mistakes

1. It's not only about AI (nor social media)

An ideal-typical public affairs campaign

Monitoring & Analysis

  • massive amounts of data
  • advanced analytics (AI-assisted)
> augmented intelligence (Hurwitz et al. 2020)
  • evidence-based decision-making
(A/B testing, AI simulations and brainstorming, test ideas in real life, etc.)

Strategy design

  • digital interactions with policymakers and grassroots
(digital campaigns, microtargeting, astroturfing...)
  • genAI > content creation
  • "smart" reporting of activities and retrieval of data
  • cloud computing > real-time updates > coordination

Action

  • measure activities and intangibles (ROI)
  • tracking (in real-time)
  • accountability

Evaluation

Examples of Public affairs platforms

FiscalNote

Quorum

KMIND

https://fiscalnote.com

https://www.quorum.us

https://www.kmind.it/

Knowledge management as key to success

technological solutionism > method

digital public affairs can be defined as

"the method through which organizations and practitioners can manage the complex of their public affairs activities by using digital tools"

Three common mistakes

1. It's not only about AI (nor social media)

2. The inductivist trap

Three common mistakes

1. It's not only about AI (nor social media)

2. The inductivist trap

3. The "human touch" cannot be replaced

Augmented intelligence

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE...

A. BITONTI (2024), Tools of digital innovation in public affairs management: A practice-oriented analysis, «Journal of Public Affairs», Vol. 24, No. 1, e2888, https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2888

Eureka!

Thank you!

Contacts

alberto.bitonti@usi.ch

@albertobit

Alberto Bitonti