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The Internet and National Elections A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning

296 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Internet and National Elections provides a comparative analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in countries around the world for campaign purposes. This ambitious study draws upon a common conceptual framework - the "Web sphere," and a shared methodological approach called Web feature analysis - in order to examine how the Internet is used by a variety of political actors during... Read more

Section 1: Conceptualizing and Designing the Project  1. Introducing the Internet and Elections Project  2. The Internet and Elections Project Research Design  Section 2: Political Actors as Web Producers  3. Finland: The European Parliament Election in a Candidate-Centered Electoral System  4. The Netherlands: Party and Candidate Web Sites during the 2004 European Parliament Election Campaign  5. Slovenian Online Campaigning during the 2004 European Parliament Election: Struggling Between Self-promotion and Mobilization  6. The Consequence of e-Excellence: Party Web Sites in the Czech Campaign for the 2004 European Parliament  7. Online Structure for Political Action in the 2004 U.S. Congressional Electoral Web Sphere Section 3: Reaching Diverse Constituencies Via the Web  8. Philippines: Poli-Clicking as Politicking. Online Campaigning and Civic Action in the 2004 National Election   9. The Internet in the 2004 Sri Lankan Elections   10. Addressing Young People Online: The 2004 European Parliament Election Campaign and Political Youth Web Sites 11. Two Indias: The Role of the Internet in the 2004 National Elections  Section 4: Political Culture and the Diffusion of Technologies  12. Web-based Citizen Engagement in the 2004 Australian Federal Election  13. Hungary: Political Strategies and Citizen Tactics in the 2004 European Parliament Elections  14. Internet Deployment in the 2004 Indonesian Presidential Elections  15. Roles and Regulations: Boundaries on the Japanese Web Sphere in the 2004 Upper House Election  16. Web Sphere Analysis for Political Web Sites: The 2004 National Assembly Election in South Korea  Section 5: Comparisons and Conclusions  17. Comparing Web Production Practices across Electoral Web Spheres  18. Project Conclusions and Proposals for Continued Research

Biography

Randolph Kluver, Nicholas Jankowski, Kirsten Foot, Steven M. Schneider