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Online petitions: a show of care undercut by ease of signing

  • Written by The Conversation
imageOnline petitions almost certainly do not hold the same weight with their targets as offline petitions do.shutterstock

With the advent of the internet and proliferation of online petitions – organised by GetUp!, change.org and others that pop up in our inboxes and Facebook walls – online petitions have flourished while written petitions...

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