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*Symbolic Systems Forum <http:///viewing/htmldocument/13675>*presents *Honors and M.S. Project Presentations* by Harry Simon (Senior Honors Student) and Chan, Chi Ling (M.S. Candidate) Symbolic Systems Program Monday, June 1, 2015 12:15-12:55 pm Building 460, Room 126 map link: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=01-460 ABSTRACTS: *12:30-12:55 **(b) Chan, Chi Ling: "Investigating Diffusion of Political Participation and Social Information in Online Petitioning" (Advisor: Todd Davies, Symbolic Systems Program; Second Reader: Lee Ross, Psychology Department)* Contemporary collective action increasingly takes place on internet-based platforms, leaving behind digital footprints that can help us better understand the dynamics of mobilization. Petition signing is one such form of collective action that is gaining popularity as more activists take social movements online. What motivates people to lend ideological support for such campaigns, and what dynamics drive the diffusion of social information that determine the success or failure of an online petition? Using data from the White House's official petition platform, WeThePeople, this project tries to detect patterns in petitions data to understand why some online collective action are massively successful, and others relegated to relative obscurity. Lunch will be served This is the last Symbolic Systems Forum of the 2014-'15 academic year. The Forum will return in the fall.
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