The U.K. Parliament introduced an e‐petitions system in 2015 with the aim of significantly enhancing its relationship with the public. We explore whether this aim is being met through the analysis of Twitter data from conversations on e‐petitions debated in parliament. We use natural language processing, machine learning, and social network analysis of Twitter data to explore what it shows about the extent of people's engagement, the contents of Twitter e‐petition conversations, who is taking part, and how they interact. Our findings provide interesting insights into how people perceive the e‐petition procedures in terms of fairness and responsiveness, suggesting that petition parliamentary debates should be more inclusive of the original petitions’ aims. The results also point to homophily tendencies present in the Twitter e‐petition discussions.

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国会关于电子请愿的辩论是否增强了与国会的公众参与？Twitter对话分析

英国议会于2015年引入了电子申诉系统，目的是显着增强其与公众的关系。我们通过分析议会辩论的有关电子请愿的对话中的Twitter数据来分析是否达到了这一目标。我们使用自然语言处理，机器学习和Twitter数据的社交网络分析来探索有关人们参与程度，Twitter电子信箱对话内容，参加人员以及他们如何互动的内容。我们的发现为人们在公平性和回应性方面如何看待电子请愿程序提供了有趣的见解，这表明请愿书议会辩论应更多地包括原始请愿书的目的。