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Author Davis, Richard.

Title Making a Difference : a Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (317 pages).
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Series Lexington studies in political communication
Lexington studies in political communication.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface by David Taras; Introduction by Stephen Ward; 1 Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection--The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns Taylor C. Boas; 2 Australia: Potential Unfulfilled? The 2004 Election Online Rachel Gibson and Ian McAllister; 3 Singapore: Elections and the Internet--Online Activism and Offline Quiescence Randolph Kluver; 4 Indonesia: Electoral Politics and the Internet David T. Hill; 5 United States: Internet and Elections Diana Owen and Richard Davis.
6 Canada: Party Websites and Online Campaigning During the 2004 and 2006 Federal Elections Tamara A. Small, David Taras and David Danchuk7 The United Kingdom: Parties and the 2005 Virtual Election Campaign--Not Quite Normal? Stephen Ward, Rachel Gibson and Wainer Lusoli; 8 Spain: Cyber-quake in a Soft Democracy? The Role of the Internet in the 2004 General Elections José-Luis Dader; 9 Belgium: Websites as Party Campaign Tools--Comparing the 2000 and 2006 Local Election Campaigns Marc Hooghe and Sara Vissers.
10 Netherlands: Digital Campaigning in the 2002 and 2003 Parliamentary Elections Gerrit Voerman and Marcel Boogers11 Italy: The Evolution of E-campaigning 1996-2006 Sara Bentivegna; 12 Germany: Online Campaign Professionalism in the 2002 and 2005 National Elections Eva Johanna Schweitzer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors.
Summary This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the Internet in elections. It examines the role of context in shaping candidate and party usage of the Internet in democratic electoral systems.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
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Subject Internet in political campaigns -- Case studies.
Internet in political campaigns.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Elections -- Computer network resources -- Case studies.
Elections -- Computer network resources.
Elections.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Owen, Diana.
Taras, David.
Ward, Stephen, 1965-
Davis, Richard.
Boas, Taylor.
McAllister, Ian.
Gibson, Rachel.
Kluver, Randy.
Hill, David T.
Small, Tamara A. (Tamara Athene), 1975-
Danchuk, David.
Lusoli, Wainer.
Dader, José Luis.
Hooghe, Marc.
Vissers, Sara.
Voerman, G.
Boogers, Marcel Jacobus Godefridus Johannes Antonius.
Bentivegna, Sara.
Schweitzer, Eva.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, Richard. Making a Difference : A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2008 9780739121016
ISBN 9781461633754 (electronic book)
1461633753 (electronic book)
1299849806 (e-book)
9781299849808 (e-book)