The Downside of Increasing Digital Participation Tools: A Field-Experimental Analysis

• In Event: Social Dynamics of Voter Turnout

Brief Overview

We hypothesize that the information about a digital tool for political participation can reduce the level of internal political efficacy, in particular among those citizens who have a lower-level of internet self-efficacy.

Authors

• Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz

• Taehee Kim, University of Oldenburg