A Longitudinal Study of Political Technology Use by Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations

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Author(s): John G. McNutt (University of Delaware, USA)and Janice Barlow (University of Delaware, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aroon Manoharan (Kent State University, USA)and Marc Holzer (Rutgers University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch020

Keywords: Electronic Government / Government & Law / Information Science Reference / Public & Sector Management

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This chapter addresses advocacy technology use by a group of nonprofit advocacy organizations over three periods of time. The research questions for this study are: (1) what types of high technology are state level child advocacy organizations using in their policy work and how has this differed over time? (2) What technologies have been adopted and then discarded? (3) What organizational characteristics predict higher levels of adoption and institutionalization? (4) What technology characteristics predict higher levels of adoption and institutionalization? Research was conducted with three waves of questionnaires (2000, 2004, 2008). Findings included that older technology remains active in most cases while new technology begins to emerge, some change in barriers were reported, and there were slight changes in perceived effectiveness and use by other groups.

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