[Air-L] political web sites

[Ericka Menchen-Trevino]

Hi Anna,
Also take a look at Jamie Druckman's work in this area:

Druckman et al. "Issue Engagement on Congressional Candidate Web
Sites, 2002—2006" http://ssc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/3

It's also worth noting which candidates do *not* have websites. I
think, for example, Nancy Pelosi (speaker of the House of
Representatives in the U.S.) was one of the few in congress not to
have a campaign website in a recent race.

Good luck with your study!

Ericka Menchen-Trevino
Ph.D. Candidate - Media, Technology & Society program
School of Communication, Northwestern University

"As social scientists, we aim to say something interesting--perhaps
even true--about social life." Andrew Abbott



On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Dave Karpf <davekarpf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Likewise, Bimber and Davis's book on US political websites (*Campaigning
> Online, *Oxford University Press, 2003) could be very useful.  For more
> recent work, I'd suggest leafing through the Journal of Information
> Technology and Politics.
>
> One thing to keep in mind in your study, which I find often gets overlooked:
> please, please, please take the time to study/interview the vendors that
> produce these sites.  In the US, there are probably 3 or 4 major shops that
> compete with each other to produce the web campaign materials for various
> political campaigns.  I know that one of them, Blue State Digital, has made
> headway in the UK as well.  The architecture and often the language of these
> sites is not being produced by parties or candidates themselves, but rather
> is being pitched to the parties or candidates.  Many sites will cluster
> together not because of similar ideology, but because of an overlap in
> vendor.
>
> Best of luck with the study,
> -Dave
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Jankowski <nickjan at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> Anna:
>>
>> The following title may be of interest; the methodology chapter, which is
>> online at the URL below, provides details on the study design and
>> instrumentation.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Kluver, R., Jankowski, N. W., Foot, K., & Schneider, S. (eds.) (2007). The
>> Internet and National Elections: A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning.
>> London: Routledge.
>> http://ipa.tamu.edu/projects/Elections.asp
>>
>>
>> *************************************************************************************************
>> Nicholas W. Jankowski
>> Visiting Fellow
>> Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences
>> Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
>> Amsterdam, NL
>>
>> nickjan at xs4all.nl
>> www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl
>> (2009): <http://www.routledge.com/books/E-Research-isbn9780415990288>e-Research:
>> Transformation in Scholarly Practice
>> ICA pre-conference (2009): <
>> http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2009/future.asp>The Future is Prologue:
>> New Media, New Histories?
>> co-editor: <http://newmediaandsociety.com/>New Media & Society
>>
>>  **************************************************************************************************
>>
>>
>>
>> At 15:12 3-2-2010, anna wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am doing my research in the field of political studies. My first project
>>> was the analysis of language in a BBC forum using concordance and
>>> statistical programs. Having done that, I am now starting a new project
>>> which is going to be bigger and which is to result in a PhD thesis. As I
>>> still want to be in this field, I am thinking about analyzing political web
>>> sites, i.e. it can be official sites of presidents, political parties, etc.
>>> It would be interesting to see how these sites are constructed, what
>>> language is used there, and how the "ideology" of a party/politician is
>>> transmitted through these sites. I am not sure if I have been clear about my
>>> idea, but I would love to get your feedback and/or experience in doing
>>> similar research. Also, if you think that this idea isn´t worth working,
>>> tell me that! I am more than open for any kind of public opinion at this
>>> period of my research life!
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you very much,
>>>
>>> Anna Ivanova
>>> PhD Candidate, University of Seville, Spain
>>> ivanova.re at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
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