{"pk":46823,"title":"Measuring Legislative Behavior: An Exploration of Digitaldemocracy.org","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The Digital Democracy platform developed at California Polytechnic State  University, www.digitaldemocracy.org, is an open government platform  that features a searchable database of California state legislative  committee hearings and floor sessions, allowing the user to search  content by keyword, topic, speaker or date.  In this research note, we  introduce the platform, summarize several measures of behavioral data,  and encourage public feedback on what types of interactive features  might be built into the platform in the near future.  Using the  2015-2016 legislative session as our sample (the first complete  legislative session for which data was collected), we review basic  features of the platform before exploring the participation of parties,  party members and citizens.  We conclude with a reflection on the  potential for this technology to enhance citizen oversight and  accountability in the legislative process.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Legislatures"},{"word":"transparency"},{"word":"Civic Technology"},{"word":"Computer Science"},{"word":"Digital Democracy"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g73v00t","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Michael","middle_name":"","last_name":"Latner","name_suffix":"","institution":"Union of Concerned Scientists Kendall Science Fellow, and associate professor of political science, California Polytechnic State University","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Alexander","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Dekhtyar","name_suffix":"","institution":"California Polytechnic State University","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Foaad","middle_name":"","last_name":"Khosmood","name_suffix":"","institution":"California Polytechnic State University","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Nicole","middle_name":"","last_name":"Angelini","name_suffix":"","institution":"California Polytechnic State University","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Andrew","middle_name":"","last_name":"Voorhees","name_suffix":"","institution":"California Polytechnic State University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-10-31T22:06:33Z","date_accepted":"2017-10-31T22:06:33Z","date_published":"2017-11-01T03:04:25Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/46823/galley/35404/download/"}]}