Category: Democracy
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A plot on democracy: has the role of e-petitioning changed with the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories?
The emergence of conspiracy theories within petitions is paradoxical: why target these beliefs at the…
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Can e-participation be improved? Lessons from two successful initiatives.
Many initiatives have been launched, but some of them fail and/or are abandoned, contributing to…
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Do online consultations make citizens more satisfied with local democracy?
We find that giving citizens an opportunity to have a say in political decisions influences…
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Hate speech by political actors on X. The Spanish case.
Political agents utilize digital platforms as alternative venues to solidify their ideological stances, employing rhetorical…
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Does Internet voting offer a solution to declining electoral turnout?
While a technological fix probably won’t address the underlying reasons for low turnout, it could…
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Exploring the Ethics of Monitoring Online Extremism
Exploring the complexities of policing the web for extremist material, and its implications for security,…
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Assessing the Ethics and Politics of Policing the Internet for Extremist Material
Exploring the complexities of policing the web for extremist material, and its implications for security,…
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Does crowdsourcing citizen initiatives affect attitudes towards democracy?
Exploring how involvement in the citizen initiatives affects attitudes towards democracy
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Last 2010 issue of Policy and Internet just published (2,4)
We are pleased to present seven articles, all of which focus on a substantive public…
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Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: Political Participation and Petitioning
ePetitions are an interesting research object because not only is petitioning a rather popular political…
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New issue of Policy and Internet (2,1)
We are pleased to present six articles that spread across the scope of the journal…