Petitions: gov.uk petitioning website

This collection consists of number of signatures to 19,621 petitions over time (hourly resolution) along with petition metadata (title, category, time of creation), directly crawled from the website.
Please see 'Related resources' section below for related data collections.

This project aims to develop methodologies to study online political behaviour including use of the Internet to generate new data and experiments; to collect and analyse data on internet-mediated interactions at both individual and organisational levels; and to use this data to re-examine and where necessary develop political science knowledge and theory in light of widespread use of the Internet
First, the project will re-examine the logic of collective action, assessing the impact of reduced communication and coordination costs; the changing nature of leadership; and the effects of different information environments on propensity to participate in political mobilisation. This part of the research will involve conducting laboratory and field experiments into online behaviour.
Second, the research will develop the Digital-era Governance model for newer 'Web 2.0' applications and other technological developments such as cloud computing. The research will re-examine the nature of citizen-government interactions in this changing environment, examining the impact of Internet-based mediation on information exchange, organisational forms in government and citizen participation in policy-making. This part of the research will involve a comparison of government's online presence in eight countries, using webmetric techniques, and in-depth qualitative analysis of governance models, using elite interviewing and documentary analysis.

本数据集包含从指定网站直接爬取的19621份请愿书的小时级分辨率签名时序数据，以及请愿书元数据（包括标题、分类、创建时间）。相关数据集详见下文「相关资源」章节。

本项目旨在研发在线政治行为研究方法，具体涵盖依托互联网生成新型研究数据并开展实验、收集并分析个体与组织层面的互联网介导互动数据，同时基于互联网的广泛普及现状，重新审视并在必要时完善政治学知识与理论体系。

其一，本项目将重新审视集体行动逻辑，评估沟通与协调成本降低、领导力属性演变，以及不同信息环境对政治动员参与意愿的影响。该研究分支将围绕在线行为开展实验室与实地实验。

其二，本研究将针对新型Web 2.0应用及云计算等技术发展，构建数字时代治理模型。研究将重新审视此变革环境下公民与政府的互动本质，剖析互联网介导机制对信息交换、政府组织形态及公民政策参与的影响。该研究分支将采用网络计量技术，对比八个国家的政府在线站点情况，并通过精英访谈与文献分析法，对治理模型开展深度质性分析。