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Оценка коммуникативного потенциала сайтов российских НКО на основе анализа нереактивных данных
The paper pilots a new approach to measuring the communicative capacity of nonprofit organizations’ (NGOs) websites. The analysis relies on technical data of nearly 10,000 Russian NGOs websites collected nonreactively using web scraping. The communicative capacity is measured following Michael L. Kent and Maureen Taylor’s model, according to which a site should have a simple interface, provide useful information, retain and return users. The results show that the websites of Russian NGOs have a low communication capacity. Search engine optimization is the prevalent principle: 82% of websites apply it in practice. Around 50% of NGO organizations adhere to other principles: the simplicity of interface, the utility of information for donors and volunteers, and stimulation of retention. Nonprofit organizations, charitable foundations, and younger organizations exhibit the greater communication capacity. The study also detected that the results obtained using nonreactive data differ significantly from the results of previous studies based on survey data and reflecting the position of representatives of the NGOs themselves.