Examining political mobilization of online communities through e-petitioning behavior in

This study aims to reveal patterns of e-petition co-signing behavior that are indicative of the political mobilization of online “communities”. We discuss the case of We the People , a US national experiment in the use of social media technology to enable users to propose and solicit support for pol...

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Main Authors: Catherine L Dumas, Daniel LaManna, Teresa M Harrison, SS Ravi, Christopher Kotfila, Norman Gervais, Loni Hagen, Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-08-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951715598170