[Air-l] Internet & Politics: book launch event in London, 14 May

[Jankowski]

All:

Those of you in the London area may be interested 
in attending the panel described below, related 
to  recent Internet and politics publications, 
particularly The Internet and National Elections: 
A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning 
(Routledge: May 2007; editors: Randy Kluver, 
Nicholas Jankowski, Kirsten Foot, Steven 
Schneider). Details on the book are available at:
http://international.tamu.edu/ipotest/book/index.asp

Those of you unable to attend the live event may 
be interested in the webcast; see the site of the 
Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research:
<http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/>http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/

Nick Jankowski



THE INTERNET & POLITICS:
ASSESSING THE CLAIMS AND REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE

Panel Discussion
Monday, May 14, 2007, 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.
City University
Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB
Convocation Suite
Travel instructions: 
<http://www.city.ac.uk/maps/northamptonsquare/index.html>http://www.city.ac.uk/maps/northamptonsquare/index.html

Open to the Public

One of the long-standing claims of the Internet 
is that politics is becoming an open playing 
field, allowing persons previously excluded from 
the political process to become engaged. This and 
related claims have concerned a legion of 
activists and scholars during the past decade, 
but only recently have empirically-grounded 
studies been conducted that examine and – in some cases – contest these ideas.

As a contribution to this continuing debate, the 
Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research 
(<http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/>http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/) 
is organizing a panel involving scholars active 
in this area. The editors and authors of three 
recent or about-to-be published books will be 
taking part, together with staff members from the 
Department of Sociology at City University. The 
most immediate publication in this genre is 
entitled The Internet and National Elections: A 
Comparative Study of Web Campaigning, to be 
released by Routledge in May 2007. This volume 
provides a comparative analysis of the use of the 
Web in countries around the world during 
political campaigns. Drawing upon a common 
conceptual framework, the book examines how the 
Internet is employed by a variety of political 
actors. Details of this publication are available 
at: 
<http://international.tamu.edu/ipotest/book/index.asp>http://international.tamu.edu/ipotest/book/index.asp

At the conclusion of the discussion a reception 
will be held celebrating publication of The Internet and National Elections.

Scholars participating in the panel are:
·         Jean Chalaby, Professor, City 
University, author of “American Cultural Primacy 
in a New Media Order: A European Perspective” (Gazette, 2006)
·         Endre Dányi, Research student, 
University of Lancaster, author of chapter in The 
Internet and National Elections
·         Kirsten Foot, Associate Professor, 
University of Washington; co-editor of The 
Internet and National Elections and co-author of 
Web Campaigning (MIT Press, 2006)
·         Nicholas Jankowski, Visiting Fellow, 
Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam, co-editor of 
The Internet and National Elections
·         Randy Kluver, Director, Institute for 
Pacific Asia, Texas A&M University, co-editor of 
The Internet and National Elections
·         Wainer Lusoli, Assistant Professor, 
Chester University, author of Voice and 
E-Quality: The State of Electronic Democracy in 
Britain (Hampton Press, forthcoming)
·         Steven Schneider, Professor, State 
University New York, co-editor of The Internet 
and National Elections and co-author of Web Campaigning (MIT Press, 2006)
·         Frank Webster, Professor, City 
University, author of Theories of the Information Society (Routledge, 2002)

The panel discussion will be webcast; details 
available at: 
<http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/>http://www.stanhopecentre.org/2007/

For further information, contact:
Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research

Northampton Square, City University, London
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7040 4566