We the undersigned: anonymous dissent and the struggle for personal identity in online petitions

Anonymous signatures pose a significant threat to the legitimacy of the online petition as a persuasive form of political communication. While anonymous signatures address some privacy concerns for online petitioners, they often fail to identify petitioners as numerically distinct and socially rele...

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Main Author: Riley, Will
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28102