Description du projet
Les impacts de la sensibilisation à l’ère du numérique
Même si les technologies numériques ont considérablement influencé les campagnes et les plaidoyers politiques au cours de ces dix dernières années, les effets réels des instruments de sensibilisation en ligne et hors ligne restent sous‑étudiés. Le projet ADVODID, financé par l’UE, fournira pour la première fois d’abondantes preuves de corrélation et de causalité sur les impacts en ligne et hors ligne des actions de sensibilisation sur les citoyens et les décideurs politiques. Le projet améliorera notre compréhension de la manière dont les actions de sensibilisation actuelles influencent leurs publics et altèrent potentiellement la démocratie participative. Il recueillera les données de plus de 400 partisans soigneusement sélectionnés et analysera l’utilisation, les impacts et les conséquences démocratiques des stratégies de défense des droits numériques en évaluant les interactions entre les groupes de défense, les citoyens et les représentants politiques dans huit pays (Australie, Chili, Danemark, Espagne, États‑Unis, Inde, Pays‑Bas et Royaume‑Uni).
Objectif
Digital technology has fundamentally changed the action repertoire of political campaigning and advocacy in the last decade. Despite its fundamental role in contemporary political strategy and potential to affect the quality of democracy, there is still little systematic evidence to assess and compare the real effects of online and offline advocacy tools. ADVODID will implement the first large-scale quantitative project designed to provide rich correlational and causal evidence on the effects of advocacy on citizens and policymakers, in both online and offline settings. It sets out to address - theoretically and empirically - the potentials and challenges for modern democracies that arise from digital advocacy tools. Its novelty lies in analyzing the use, impact and democratic consequences of digital advocacy strategies by assessing interactions of advocacy groups with both citizens and political representatives in a diverse set of eight countries (Australia, Chile, Denmark, India, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the US). ADVODID will collect data on the advocacy agenda and strategy use of at least 400 carefully sampled advocates in these countries, and will assess agenda congruence with political and public agendas, and their dynamic development over time. Correlational analyses of different measures of advocacy success will be complemented by field experiments in cooperation with advocates in two countries, to supply causal evidence on how advocacy affects the positions and actions of policymakers and citizens. The project’s rich datasets will be used to assess and refine theories of democratic representation and the role of digital advocacy across different types of policy issues. ADVODID will greatly advance understanding of how modern advocacy impacts its target audiences and potentially changes participatory democracy. Its findings will have interdisciplinary and social relevance and inform ways to strengthen representative democracy in an online age.
Champ scientifique
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Régime de financement
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantInstitution d’accueil
WC2R 2LS London
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