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Title Making a difference : a comparative view of the role of the Internet in election politics / edited by Stephen Ward ... [et al.]
Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 305 p.)
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 (p. [271]-290) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Internet in political campaigns -- Case studies
Elections -- Computer network resources -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Elections -- Computer network resources
Internet in political campaigns
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Ward, Stephen, 1965-
LC no. 2021679738
ISBN 9781461633754
1461633753
1299849806
9781299849808