Identifying the Elements of Citizenship Rights and Prioritizing Them in the Cyberspace Using Theme Analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL Technique (Case Study: Fouladshahr City
Subject Areas : Legal Studies of Cyberspacefarhad farhadi 1 , Seyed Nurbakhsh S eydaee Gel Sefidi 2 , Seyed Dariush Rahimi 3 , Morteza Sadeghi Dehsarayi 4
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Noore Hedayat Institute of Higher Education, Shahrekord, Iran
2 - Head of the Center for Strategic Studies, Research and Training of Fouladshahr Municipality
3 - Faculty member of Payam Noor University
4 - Department of Law, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Background and purpose: In recent years, due to the expansion of cyberspace, citizens expect their citizenship rights to be given due attentions in cyberspace. Therefore, aim of the present research is to identify and prioritize the components of citizenship rights in cyberspace.Research methodology: applied developmental research was conducted in a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) manner. Using the purposeful sampling method, 12 experts familiar with the research were determined in Fouladshahr City. In the qualitative section, thematic analysis was used to encode and identify the factors. To prioritize the factors in the quantitative section, the fuzzy DEMATEL method was used with the help of DEMATEL solver software.Findings: The results showed that the elements of citizenship rights include 9 general themes. Respect for privacy, security, copyright, freedom of speech, information technology infrastructure, preservation of human dignity and values, laws and regulations, right to education and respect for children's and women's rights. Using the fuzzy DEMATEL technique, it was determined that the right to education is the most influential factor among the factors, and maintaining dignity is the most influenced .Conclusion: By determining the necessary components for citizenship rights in the cyberspace, the managers of Fouladshahr Municipality can take fundamental steps in improving services offered to the people and in promoting their citizenship rights.
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