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

Cruickshank, Peter; Edelmann, Noella; Smith, Colin F

Abstract

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.

Citation

Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2010). 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

• Publication Date: 2010
• Deposit Date: Feb 4, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 4, 2011
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 275-282
• Book Title: Electronic Government and Electronic Participation
• ISBN: 978-3-85499-766-5
• Keywords: Online political participation; e-petition; political disengagement; e-participation; self-efficacy
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3893