Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation.

Research Output

As one form of online political participation, the e-petitioning is seen as a response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated symptoms of political disengagement. This paper uses the psychological concepts of self-efficacy, prosocial behaviour and lurking and shows how they could be applied to e-participation, in particular in the context of the decision to sign a petition (or not). Different models are examined and some potential future research areas are identified.

Type:

Book Chapter
Date:

01 January 2010
Publication Status:

Published
Publisher

Trauner
Library of Congress:

JN101 Great Britain

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/212067 <p>Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2009). Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. In J. Chappellet, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, A. Macintosh, J. Scholl, E. Tambouris, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), <i>Electronic Government and Electronic Participation</i>, 275-282. Trauner</p>

Citation

Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2009). Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. In J. Chappellet, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, A. Macintosh, J. Scholl, E. Tambouris, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, 275-282. Trauner