Seminar paper from the yr 2011 within the topic computing device technological know-how - software program, grade: Defended, Griffith collage (Griffith college and Qantm College), language: English, summary: the worldwide phenomenon of electronic(e)-governance and the complex skill for info new release by way of info and verbal exchange applied sciences (ICTs) have contributed to the perceived challenge of knowledge overload. In participatory democracy and particularly e-democracy and e-consultation, during which an unlimited volume and array of textual discourse might be generated, powerful and effective details processing is necessary. powerful and effective processing will support individuals to make-sense of and stay engaged in consultations. therefore, instruments and applied sciences to aid within the research, synthesis and dissemination of such discourse have the aptitude to make a salient contribution. listed here, a critique of a number of software program applications, such as qualitative textual content research, average language textual content mining and desktop supported argument visualisation software program is gifted. using common language textual content mining software program with sentiment research positive factors was once the preliminary concentration of this research. even though, early within the research and after a software program trial, common language textual content mining software program was once thought of underdeveloped with reference to the explicit performance sought. consequently, the research then centred totally on the software of computing device supported argument visualisation (CSAV) and likewise textual content research software program. For textual content research, Leximancer, textual content Analyst Atlas.ti. and TextSTAT have been most popular and selected from between 11 programmes investigated. For CSAV software program, a programme referred to as Compendium was once most popular and selected from between twelve programmes investigated.