The effects of narratives and popularity cues on signing online petitions in two advanced democracies

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dc.contributor.authorPorten-Cheé, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorKunst, Marlene
dc.contributor.authorVromen, Ariadne
dc.contributor.authorVaughan, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-30T14:18:49Z
dc.date.available2023-08-30T14:18:49Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOnline petitions have become a widespread vehicle for contemporary political participation. While research tends to focus on individual factors for potential petitioners that influence signing, less attention has been paid to the influence of the actual text of petitions. This paper uses data from an original web-based survey experiment in Australia and Germany to test the influence of content factors: narratives (i.e., stories based on individual experiences and emotions) and popularity cues (i.e., high numbers of signatures) across two issues: climate change and welfare policy. We find that narratives within petition texts involve readers through the mechanism of transportation and motivate them to sign petitions, as do popularity cues. The effects of narratives were found across both countries but tended to be stronger in Germany than in Australia. We argue that our novel framework can be used for future research on how the presentation of issues shape contemporary political participation.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under Grant 16DII125; Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, DP160102551en
dc.identifier.citationPorten-Cheé, P., Kunst, M., Vromen, A., & Vaughan, M. (2023). The effects of narratives and popularity cues on signing online petitions in two advanced democracies. Information, Communication & Society, 26(4), 826–846. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1991975
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2021.1991975
dc.identifier.eissn1468-4462
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/195
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.issupplementedbyhttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/819
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectonline petitionsen
dc.subjectpolitical participationen
dc.subjectnarrative persuasionen
dc.subjectpopularity cuesen
dc.subjectexperimenten
dc.titleThe effects of narratives and popularity cues on signing online petitions in two advanced democracies
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleInformation, Communication & Society
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend846
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart826
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume26
local.researchgroupDigital Citizenship
local.researchtopicDemokratie – Partizipation – Öffentlichkeit
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