While there is an increasing interest for conducting research on the importance of social
media within the eParticipation area, more emphasis is still needed within the context of …

Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use is becoming an ever more
popular way to involve citizens in political decision making. And yet, despite their recently …

In the Italian national elections in 2013, the Movimento Cinque Stelle (Five Star Movement,
M5S), founded just four years earlier, gained 25 percent of votes, more than any other party …

In this study, we explore social media use by politicians by investigating affordances, effects
and associated constraints of introducing social media within eParticipation. Based on an …

Growing distrust in government is accompanied by new opportunities for civic involvement
through online technological platforms. LiquidFeedback is one of the most interesting, as it …

Korthagen et al. introduce six quite successful digital tools used in decision-making
processes. Three tools are used by political parties (Spanish Podemos, the Italian Five Star …

Social media have been introduced in the eParticipation domain to engage citizens in
collaborative discourse, allowing for low cost and low effort exchanges of information among …

Face à la crise de la démocratie représentative, les plateformes participatives en ligne sont
de plus en plus mobilisées par des partis au pouvoir pour partager la prise de décision …

Depuis une vingtaine d'années, les institutions représentatives, les partis politiques et les
mouvements sociaux déploient des plateformes sur internet pour augmenter la participation …

Abstract While Online Communities (OCs) are increasingly used to involve people in
organizations and societies, few studies focus on how OC influence political decision …