Question - Who is posting?
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- Latest post made by Aaron Smith at 2010 Jun 14 20:28 UTC
OK, here is the next question for after the question I just sent. 3. While you didn't ask whether people post to neighborhood forums/social nets/blogs, what percentage of NOs "posted comments, queries or other information related to government policies online" or ding "yes" the other "posting" attributes tied to OGPs? Part 2 - I am quite curious if the OGP "posting" status of those who are also NOs is different between those who use neighborhood e-lists, community blogs, or neighborhood social nets? Does one form of NO participation more attractive to OGP posters. If your goal is many to many neighborhood participation online, where are the more active posting types landing. E-Democracy.org makes the claim that we have a higher posting rate as a percentage of members because people simply need to push reply in their e-mail a very low common denominator activity. But we might be blowing smoke. :-) I am trying to figure out what models/tech get use beyond the 90-9-1 rule - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_%28Internet_culture%29 Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy New Tel: +1.612.234.7072
Steven, Can please you tell us what OGP's, and NO's stand for please.
Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Porcelli - 857-222-4420 - <email obscured> www.neighborsforneighbors.org - twitter.com/neighbortweet www.josephporcelli.com - twitter.com/josephporcelli On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Steven Clift <email obscured>> wrote: > OK, here is the next question for after the question I just sent. > > > 3. While you didn't ask whether people post to neighborhood > forums/social nets/blogs, what percentage of NOs "posted comments, > queries or other information related to government policies online" or > ding "yes" the other "posting" attributes tied to OGPs? > > Part 2 - I am quite curious if the OGP "posting" status of those who > are also NOs is different between those who use neighborhood e-lists, > community blogs, or neighborhood social nets? Does one form of NO > participation more attractive to OGP posters. If your goal is many to > many neighborhood participation online, where are the more active > posting types landing. > > E-Democracy.org makes the claim that we have a higher posting rate as > a percentage of members because people simply need to push reply in > their e-mail a very low common denominator activity. But we might be > blowing smoke. :-) I am trying to figure out what models/tech get use > beyond the 90-9-1 rule - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_%28Internet_culture%29 > > > Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com > Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org > Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy > New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 > > Steven Clift > Ericsson, Minneapolis > Info about Steven Clift: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/stevenclift > > View all messages on this topic at: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/36lREW3cNiudAnAw2qSlvf > ----------------------------------------- > To post, e-mail: <email obscured> > Use "Reply-to-All" via e-mail to post publicly. > To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on" > in subject, then send to: <email obscured> > > More information about Locals Online - For hosts of neighborhood e-lists, > placeblogs, and community social nets: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/locals > > E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules > ----------------------------------------- > Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net >
Yes, I cut the second question from the one sent first. NOs - Neighbor Online (the 27% of Net users) OGP - Online Government Participators: From the April report: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Government-Online/Part-Two.aspx?r=1 Nearly one quarter of internet users are members of the “government participatory class” Thus far we have discussed digital communication tools such as blogs, email and text messaging in the context of information seeking. In the remainder of this section, we will examine the extent to which Americans are going online to communicate directly with government agencies and participate in the online debate over government issues and policies. Based on the results of this survey, individuals who follow government officials or agencies on social media platforms are at this time mostly engaged in information-seeking as opposed to interaction with the agencies they follow. For example, 11% of those who read the blog of a government agency or official have posted their own comments on that blog for others to read. Since 13% of internet users read government blogs, that works out to only 2% of all internet users who have commented on the blog of a government official or agency. Posting comments is somewhat more common among those who follow government agencies or officials on an online social network: 20% of those who follow an agency or official on such a site have posted comments on the agency’s fan page or profile. However, because a relatively small number of people follow government agencies or officials on social networking sites, that works out to just 1% of all internet users who have done this. We also asked about government interaction using Twitter, but the number of Twitter users who follow a government agency or official is too small to report these findings. These results should not imply that Americans are not involved in online discussions around government issues or policies—these conversations are simply taking place within the broader online environment rather than on “official” government blogs or fan pages. In the twelve months preceding this survey, one in ten internet users (11%) posted comments, queries or other information related to government policies online, while 7% of internet users uploaded videos or photos online related to a government policy or issue. An additional 12% of internet users joined a group online that tries to influence government policies, and 3% participated in an online town hall meeting. Taking all of these activities together, nearly one quarter of internet users (23%) have posted comments or interacted with others online around government policies or public issues. Throughout this report, we will refer to these individuals as online government participators. Online government participators Perhaps unsurprisingly, online government participators tend to use new digital tools to keep up with what government is doing—58% are government social media users. As a result, the demographic profiles of online government participators and government social media users are quite similar. Online government participators tend to be somewhat more educated and affluent than the online population as a whole—36% have an annual household income of $75,000 or more, and half (50%) have graduated from college. Relative to those with lower levels of income and education, these wealthy and well-educated online participators are especially likely to join online groups that seek to influence government policies and to post their own comments about government issues in online forums. Online government participators are also highly engaged in a range of other online government activities. Nearly all government participators (98%) visited a government website in the preceding twelve months, and more than half (56%) visited five or more different government websites. On a typical day, 44% of online government participators look online for news or information about politics and 17% look for information on a local, state or federal government website on a daily basis. Despite (or perhaps because of) their involvement in the debate over government issues, they do not exhibit greater levels of trust in government institutions than other internet users. Unlike government social media users—who mirror the overall internet population in terms of their racial makeup—the online government participator population is more heavily composed of whites. Whites make up 69% of internet users but 78% of online government participators; meanwhile, African Americans and Latinos together comprise 23% of the online population but 14% of government participators. This racial imbalance is clearly visible when we examine individually the different activities that comprise our definition of online government participators. Online whites are significantly more likely than Latinos to post their own comments online about a government policy or issue (12% vs. 4%), upload photos or videos relating to government policies (8% vs. 2%) and participate in an online townhall meeting (3% vs. 1%). They are also more likely than African Americans to join a group online with the goal of influencing government policies (14% of online whites have done so, compared with 5% of online blacks). For the other activities in our government participator definition (posting comments on a government blog or social networking site fan page) the sample size of respondents who take part in those activities is too small to provide meaningful comparisons beyond the total population level. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Joseph Porcelli
<email obscured>> wrote: > Steven, > > Can please you tell us what OGP's, and NO's stand for please. > > Thanks. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Porcelli - 857-222-4420 - <email obscured> > www.neighborsforneighbors.org - twitter.com/neighbortweet > www.josephporcelli.com - twitter.com/josephporcelli > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Steven Clift <email obscured>> wrote: > >> OK, here is the next question for after the question I just sent. >> >> >> 3. While you didn't ask whether people post to neighborhood >> forums/social nets/blogs, what percentage of NOs "posted comments, >> queries or other information related to government policies online" or >> ding "yes" the other "posting" attributes tied to OGPs? >> >> Part 2 - I am quite curious if the OGP "posting" status of those who >> are also NOs is different between those who use neighborhood e-lists, >> community blogs, or neighborhood social nets? Does one form of NO >> participation more attractive to OGP posters. If your goal is many to >> many neighborhood participation online, where are the more active >> posting types landing. >> >> E-Democracy.org makes the claim that we have a higher posting rate as >> a percentage of members because people simply need to push reply in >> their e-mail a very low common denominator activity. But we might be >> blowing smoke. :-) I am trying to figure out what models/tech get use >> beyond the 90-9-1 rule - >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_%28Internet_culture%29 >> >> >> Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com >> Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org >> Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy >> New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 >> >> Steven Clift >> Ericsson, Minneapolis >> Info about Steven Clift: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/stevenclift >> >> View all messages on this topic at: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/36lREW3cNiudAnAw2qSlvf >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post, e-mail: <email obscured> >> Use "Reply-to-All" via e-mail to post publicly. >> To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on" >> in subject, then send to: <email obscured> >> >> More information about Locals Online - For hosts of neighborhood e-lists, >> placeblogs, and community social nets: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/locals >> >> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules >> ----------------------------------------- >> Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net >> > > Joseph Porcelli > Hyde Jackson, Jamaica Plain > Info about Joseph Porcelli: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/6sD4yhJRZobPv1N79xQcyl > > View all messages on this topic at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/6Cr2mMdK0bU52UQU4IMBbW > ----------------------------------------- > To post, e-mail: <email obscured> > Use "Reply-to-All" via e-mail to post publicly. > To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on" > in subject, then send to: <email obscured> > > More information about Locals Online - For hosts of neighborhood e-lists, placeblogs, and community social nets: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/locals > > E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules > ----------------------------------------- > Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net >
Wow, there's a lot to unpack here but I'll start at the last question (are any forms of neighborhood engagement associated with more general online engagement with government) and work my way backwards. When we look at the different types of neighborhood engagement we measured (whether online or offline) all are correlated pretty strongly with being an online government participator and that is especially true for the more "participatory" online modes of local engagement we asked about. For example: *75% of social networking site users who have joined a community group are online government participators, compared with 23% of other social networking users. *48% of neighborhood listserv members are online government participators, compared with 21% of other internet users. *51% of community blog readers are online government participators, compared with 18% of other internet users. This is in line with what we've found in our work on other topics--for example, people who get involved in the online debate around politics are more likely to get involved in other aspects of political engagement, and people who interact with others about health care issues are likely to take an active role in managing their health when they get into their doctors' office. If there are any academic types reading this list, it would be an interesting research project to do a rigorous regression analysis to try and tease out the independent effects of these tools once things such as demographics and overall technological proficiency are controlled for.
--aws
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