Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online vo...

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Main Authors:	Spada, Paolo, Mellon, Jonathan, Peixoto, Tiago, Sjoberg, Fredrik M.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	civil participation participatory budgeting voting public policy digital divide communication technologies democratization participatory democracy citizen engagement governance institutional reform decentralization political participation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21643

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spelling	okr-10986-216432021-04-23T14:04:03Z Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil Spada, Paolo Mellon, Jonathan Peixoto, Tiago Sjoberg, Fredrik M. civil participation participatory budgeting voting public policy digital divide communication technologies democratization participatory democracy citizen engagement governance institutional reform decentralization political participation Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online voting option (i-voting). The study documents an 8.2 percent increase in total turn-out with the introduction of i-voting. In support of the mobilization hypothesis, unique survey data show that i-voting is mainly used by new participants rather than just for convenience by those who were already mobilized. The study also finds that age, gender, income, education, and social media usage are significant predictors of being online-only voters. Technology appears more likely to engage people who are younger, male, of higher income and educational attainment, and more frequent social media users. 2015-03-30T19:30:40Z 2015-03-30T19:30:40Z 2015-02 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21643 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7204 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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description	Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil -- the world's largest -- Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online voting option (i-voting). The study documents an 8.2 percent increase in total turn-out with the introduction of i-voting. In support of the mobilization hypothesis, unique survey data show that i-voting is mainly used by new participants rather than just for convenience by those who were already mobilized. The study also finds that age, gender, income, education, and social media usage are significant predictors of being online-only voters. Technology appears more likely to engage people who are younger, male, of higher income and educational attainment, and more frequent social media users.
format	Working Paper
author	Spada, Paolo Mellon, Jonathan Peixoto, Tiago Sjoberg, Fredrik M.
author_facet	Spada, Paolo Mellon, Jonathan Peixoto, Tiago Sjoberg, Fredrik M.
author_sort	Spada, Paolo
title	Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil
title_short	Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil
title_full	Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil
title_fullStr	Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil
title_sort	effects of the internet on participation : study of a public policy referendum in brazil
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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Effects of the Internet on Participation : Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

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