Internet and Public Management

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Rouse( 2008), defines the internet as “a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers)”. In year 2013, more than 2.7 billion persons connected to the internet (“ICT Facts Figures,” 2013). The internet has had a sterling effect on various fields. Public Management was one of them. Public Management is defined as using management techniques from the private sector and implementing those techniques in the public sector in order to improve the functionality of the public sector and deliver better governance (Bower & Christenson, 1978). With the rapid increase of popularity of the internet, governments were forced to take advantage of it, correct the social issues that emerged and tighten security measures to combat the miss use of the internet.

By embracing the internet governments can reduce their costs, disseminate information to citizens at a much faster rate with an improvement in the quality of service (through e-government) and improve their accountability towards citizens. Electronic Government (E-Government) is the distribution information or services provided by the central, local government or other governmental agencies through the internet so that citizens and business can have access to it (Palvia & Sharma, 2007). Printing information and sending it through couriers costs a great deal of money and consumes a lot of time. But that changed with the relying more on e-mails and online publications. This replacement led to the elimination of cost caused by the multiple collections of data and the re-entering and checking of data (“E-Government Benef...

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... he can be bullied in the privacy of his own room. Just like in-person bullying, cyber bullying have the same effects on victims. These include depression, anxiety development and psychosomatic disorders which can lead to suicide and self-harm for example cutting of one’s wrist (Campbell, 2007). Cyber bullying is an increasing problem that affects more teenagers and crosses all geographical boundries. Reports based on March 2013, 38% of young people were affected by cyber bullying (“Bullying statistics | NSPCC,” 2013). With this much of cyber bullying taking place, it was only a matter of time when teenagers started committing suicide. A study in 2010 showed that 8% of teenagers that were victims of cyber bullying committed suicide (Hinduja & Patchin, 2010). With this alarming rate of cyber bullying and suicides caused by it, governments were forced to take action.

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