Asher, M, Leston Bandeira, C orcid.org/0000-0002-6131-4607 and Spaiser, V orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-245X (2019) Do Parliamentary Debates of e‐Petitions Enhance Public Engagement With Parliament? An Analysis of Twitter Conversations. Policy and Internet, 11 (2). pp. 149-171. ISSN 1944-2866
Abstract
The U.K. Parliament introduced an e‐petitions system in 2015 with the aim of significantly enhancing its relationship with the public. We explore whether this aim is being met through the analysis of Twitter data from conversations on e‐petitions debated in parliament. We use natural language processing, machine learning, and social network analysis of Twitter data to explore what it shows about the extent of people's engagement, the contents of Twitter e‐petition conversations, who is taking part, and how they interact. Our findings provide interesting insights into how people perceive the e‐petition procedures in terms of fairness and responsiveness, suggesting that petition parliamentary debates should be more inclusive of the original petitions’ aims. The results also point to homophily tendencies present in the Twitter e‐petition discussions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Policy Studies Organization. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Asher, M. , Leston‐Bandeira, C. and Spaiser, V. (2019), Do Parliamentary Debates of e‐Petitions Enhance Public Engagement With Parliament? An Analysis of Twitter Conversations. Policy & Internet, 11: 149-171, which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.194]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving |
Keywords: | e-petition; UK Parliament; Twitter; Public engagement; Natural language processing; Social network analysis; 电子请愿; 英国议会; 推特; 公共参与; 自然语言处理; 社交网络分析; peticiones electrónicas; Parlamento del Reino Unido; participación pública; procesamiento de lenguaje natural; análisis de redes sociales |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2018 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/poi3.194 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137839 |