SEARCHING THE NET

Figures & data

Figure 1 Explanatory model.

TABLE 1  Indexes of web sites’ qualities (non-parametrical correlations, Kendall's Tau-B).

indexes	information provision	identity building	transparency	mobilization	digital divide
Information provision	–
Identity building	0.295∗∗	–
Transparency	0.187∗∗	0.147∗	–
Mobilization	0.317∗∗	0.382∗∗	n.s.	–
Intervention on digital divide	0.182∗∗	0.123∗	n.s.	0.281∗∗	–
Source: Demos data quoted in the WP2 integrated report (della Porta and Mosca 2005b).
Note: N = 261.
∗Significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed).
∗∗Significant at 0.01 level (two-tailed).
n.s. = not significant.

TABLE 2  Explanatory variables for web sites’ qualities (Kendall's Tau-B).

indexes of online democracy	environmental characteristics		organizational characteristics
	Internet access	constellation of the GJM	horizontality (lack of roles)	formalization (fee membership)	local level group	budget	age of the group
Information provision	0.154∗∗	0.187∗∗	−0.242∗∗	−0.160∗∗	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Identity building	n.s.	0.181∗∗	−0.125∗	−0.105∗	−0.126∗	n.s.	n.s.
Transparency	−0.188∗∗	−0.235∗∗	0.409∗∗	−0.257∗∗	−0.206∗∗	0.444∗∗	−0.287∗∗
Offline mobilization	0.105∗	0.173∗∗	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	0.141∗
Online mobilization	n.s.	n.s.	−0.160∗∗	−0.287∗∗	−0.118∗	n.s.	n.s.
Intervention on digital divide	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Total (N)	231	231	261	261	261	139	150
Source: Demos data quoted in the WP2 integrated report (della Porta and Mosca 2005b).
∗Significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed).
∗∗Significant at 0.01 level (two-tailed).
n.s. = not significant.

della Porta , D. and Mosca , L. Searching the net . report prepared for the WP2 of the DEMOS Project Democracy in Europe and the Mobilization of the Society . Edited by: della Porta , D. and Mosca , L. [Online] Available at: http://demos.eui.eu (6 November 2007)

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