@article{Lampoltshammer_Zhu_Parycek_2019, title={Affective Effect: Issue Engagement on a Youth E-Participation Platform}, volume={11}, url={https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/558}, DOI={10.29379/jedem.v11i1.558}, abstractNote={<p>While E-participation promotes citizen participation in democratic decision-making processes, and often takes place through deliberation, citizens are expected to be cool-headed individuals equipped with reason and logic, insulating their actions from the impulse of emotion. However, research in neuroscience and cognitive science has found that emotion plays a vital part in cognitive processing and is instrumental in decision-making. This study thus fills this research gap by examining the effect of emotions in eliciting participation on a youth E-participation platform. Following affective intelligence theory and appraisal theory, the authors specifically examined three types of emotions; namely, anger, anxiety, and sadness. By applying methods in the field of text and statistical analysis, the authors found that anxiety, although the least common type of emotion expressed on the E-participation platform, was associated with an increased level of engagement. On the contrary, anger dominated issue discussion across topics, and sadness prevailed in the discourse on system-level economic issues.</p>}, number={1}, journal={JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government}, author={Lampoltshammer, Thomas J. and Zhu, Qinfeng and Parycek, Peter}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={37–58} }