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DESCRIPTION:Dave Karpf\,&nbsp\;Assistant\nProfessor\, School of Media and P
 ublic Affairs\, \n\nGeorge\nWashington UniversityAnalytic\nActivism: The O
 rganization Logic of Social PetitionSocial\npetition sites like Change.org
 \, MoveOn\nPetitions\, and the White House's "We The People" platform have
  been\nheralded for dramatically simplifying citizen political engagement.
 &nbsp\; Now any individual can launch a campaign from\ntheir laptop or mob
 ile phone with the potential of reaching millions and\ninfluencing public 
 policy.&nbsp\; Public\nexcitement about the new potential of digitally-enh
 anced democracy has outpaced\nour understanding of just how these sites fu
 nction\, and\nwhat types of&nbsp\;political\nengagement\nthey support.&nbs
 p\; In this presentation\,\nDavid Karpf will\nshare new findings on how th
 e leading social petition sites construct\ndramatically different user exp
 eriences and leverage competing forms of citizen\nparticipation.Dave\nKarp
 f\nis an Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at 
 George\nWashington University.&nbsp\; He is the author\nof The MoveOn Effe
 ct: The Unexpected\nTransformation of American Political Advocacy (Oxford\
 nUniversity Press\, 2012)\, and is currently working on a second book abou
 t\nanalytics and activism.&nbsp\;Open to the public.&nbsp\;Sponsored by th
 e Transnational NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
    
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SUMMARY:TNGO presents: Dave Karpf
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Dave Karpf</b>\,&nbsp\;<i>Assista
 nt\nProfessor\, School of Media and Public Affairs\, \n\nGeorge\nWashingto
 n University</i></p><p><b>Analytic\nActivism: The Organization Logic of So
 cial Petition</b></p><p>Social\npetition sites like Change.org\, MoveOn\nP
 etitions\, and the White House's "We The People" platform have been\nheral
 ded for dramatically simplifying citizen political engagement.&nbsp\; Now 
 any individual can launch a campaign from\ntheir laptop or mobile phone wi
 th the potential of reaching millions and\ninfluencing public policy.&nbsp
 \; Public\nexcitement about the new potential of digitally-enhanced democr
 acy has outpaced\nour understanding of just how these sites function\, and
 \nwhat types of&nbsp\;political\nengagement\nthey support.&nbsp\; In this 
 presentation\,\nDavid Karpf will\nshare new findings on how the leading so
 cial petition sites construct\ndramatically different user experiences and
  leverage competing forms of citizen\nparticipation.</p><p>Dave\nKarpf\nis
  an Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at Georg
 e\nWashington University.&nbsp\; He is the author\nof <i>The MoveOn Effect
 : The Unexpected\nTransformation of American Political Advocacy</i> (Oxfor
 d\nUniversity Press\, 2012)\, and is currently working on a second book ab
 out\nanalytics and activism.&nbsp\;</p><p>Open to the public.&nbsp\;</p><p
 ><b><i>Sponsored by the Transnational NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Insti
 tute of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p>
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