Social information and political participation on the internet: an experiment
Social information and political participation on the internet: an experiment
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DOI：
10.1017/s1755773911000129
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发表时间：
2011-07
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
H. Margetts;P. John;Tobias Escher;Stéphane Reissfelder
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作者：
H. Margetts;P. John;Tobias Escher;Stéphane Reissfelder
本文检验了互联网提供的社会信息是否会影响参与政治的决策。在一个实地实验中，受试者可以选择签署请愿书和捐款支持事业。参与者被随机分为两组，一组接受关于有多少人参与的不同信息，另一组不接受社会信息。结果表明，社会信息有不同的影响，根据提供的数字，这是最强的，当有超过一百万的其他参与者，支持索赔的临界质量，并在政治参与的临界点。
This paper tests whether the social information provided by the internet affects the decision to participate in politics. In a field experiment, subjects could choose to sign petitions and donate money to support causes. Participants were randomized into treatment groups that received varying information about how many other people had participated and a control group receiving no social information. Results show that social information has a varying effect according to the numbers provided, which is strongest when there are more than a million other participants, supporting claims about critical mass, and tipping points in political participation.