[Air-L] Candidates Websites Content Analysis

[Sharon Haleva Amir]

Dear all, my name is Sharon and I'm a doctoral student in the University of
Haifa dealing with the Israeli parliamentarians' usage of personal internet
tools – i.e. websites and blogs. As Israel is nearing general elections in
February and I've been meaning to check candidates' websites as a side
project, I was wondering about the limited areas in each website –
restricted only to registered users. 

Would you as objective researchers register to all existing candidates'
websites, in the name of research or would you examine only the public zone
of the website? And I will elaborate – Israeli politics is multiparty. Many
lists participate in the general elections, while only some of them pass the
required threshold. Once a list is elected to the Knesset it becomes a
parliamentary group. The current Knesset included 13 parliamentary groups.
In theory, the number of active candidates can rise above 250 as the Knesset
has 120 seats.

So registering to all (or the main parties) candidates' websites is pretty
perplexed. According to Israeli law you cannot be a member in more than one
party. While there's a big difference between being a party member and being
a registered user, it does get you inside each and every candidate/party
supporters list. What would you advice? 

You can help either on or off list. Thanks in advance. Sharon

Best Wishes,

Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow 

(PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, 

University of Haifa, ISRAEL. 


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