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From slacktivism to activism: Improving the commitment power of e-pledges for prosocial causes

Chou, Eileen Y ; Hsu, Dennis Y ; Hernon, Eileen Capraro, Valerio

PloS one, 2020-04, Vol.15 (4), p.e0231314-e0231314 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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From slacktivism to activism: Improving the commitment power of e-pledges for prosocial causes
Autor: Chou, Eileen Y ; Hsu, Dennis Y ; Hernon, Eileen
Capraro, Valerio
Assuntos: Activism ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Computer and Information Sciences ; Digital media ; Experiments ; Female ; Humans ; Innovations ; Intervention ; Laboratory experiments ; Male ; Methods ; Middle Aged ; Novels ; Organizations ; Physical Sciences ; Pilot Projects ; Political Activism ; Power (Philosophy) ; Research and Analysis Methods ; Retirement benefits ; Self awareness ; Social factors ; Social interaction ; Social Media ; Social networks ; Social Sciences ; Studies ; Technological change ; Technological innovations ; Young Adult
É parte de: PloS one, 2020-04, Vol.15 (4), p.e0231314-e0231314
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Descrição: Prosocial organizations increasingly rely on e-pledges to promote their causes and secure commitment. Yet their effectiveness is controversial. Epitomized by UNICEF's "Likes Don't Save Lives" campaign, the threat of slacktivism has led some organizations to forsake social media as a potential platform for garnering commitment. We proposed and investigated a novel e-pledging method that may enable organizations to capitalize on the benefits of e-pledging without compromising on its mass outreach potential. In two pilot studies, we first explored whether and why conventional e-pledges may not be as effective as intended. Building on those insights, we conducted one field and two lab experiments to test our proposed e-pledge intervention. Importantly, the field study demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention for commitment behavior across a 3-month period. The laboratory experiments provided a deeper and more refined mechanism understanding of the effect and ruled out effort, novelty, and social interaction mindset as alternative explanations for why the intervention may be effective. As technological innovations continue to redefine how people interact with the world, this research sheds light on a promising method for transforming a simple virtual acknowledgment into deeper commitment-and, ideally, to action.
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From slacktivism to activism: Improving the commitment power of e-pledges for prosocial causes

Chou, Eileen Y ; Hsu, Dennis Y ; Hernon, Eileen Capraro, Valerio

United States: Public Library of Science

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