The Internet and Democracy in Global Perspective

Part of the Studies in Public Choice Book Series (volume 31)

Editors: Grofman, Bernard; Trechsel, Alexander H.; Franklin, Mark

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04352-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-04351-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Mar 9, 2014

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Introduction

Gibson, Rachel

Pages: 1 –5

[This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the Internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally. The subject of e-democracy has morphed over the years from the speculative and optimistic accounts of Rheingold (1993) and...
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Internet Voting in a Local Election in Canada

Goodman, Nicole J.

Pages: 7 –24

[In the past decade, Internet voting has been used in hundreds of binding elections at multiple levels of government throughout the world. Though many European jurisdictions have established well-developed online voting models, Canada is quickly emerging as an important research case. To date,...
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Indirect Campaigning: Past, Present and Future of Voting Advice Applications

Garzia, Diego; Trechsel, Alexander H.; Vassil, Kristjan; Dinas, Elias

Pages: 25 –41

[Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become an integral part of many electoral campaigns in modern democracies. VAAs allow users to compare, on the Internet, their political preferences with the positions of parties and candidates prior to an election. In recent elections in Switzerland, the...
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Digital Media and the 2010 National Elections in Brazil

Gilmore, Jason; Howard, Philip N.

Pages: 43 –55

[Over the past decade, digital and mobile media have significantly changed the system of political communication in Brazil. An increasing number of Brazilian candidates have begun to use websites and social networking applications as an integral part of their overall campaign efforts. To explore...
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Campaigns and Social Media Communications: A Look at Digital Campaigning in the 2010 U.K. General Election

Jensen, Michael J.; Anstead, Nick

Pages: 57 –81

[Social media are said to have the potential to transform relationships between political parties, candidates, and citizens. This chapter is a study of social media use at different levels in the 2010 United Kingdom general election to see to what extent that potential is realized. The research...
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Virtual Power Plays: Social Movements, Internet Communication Technology, and Political Parties

Rohlinger, Deana A.; Bunnage, Leslie A.; Klein, Jesse

Pages: 83 –109

[ Drawing on interview data, participant observation, and archival research of the progressive group MoveOn.org and the conservative Tea Party Movement groups in Tallahassee, FL, this research examines how social movements use Internet Communication Technology (ICT) to affect political parties...
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Revolutionary Cells: On the Role of Texts, Tweets, and Status Updates in Unarmed Revolutions

Ritter, Daniel P.; Trechsel, Alexander H.

Pages: 111 –127

[The question of the role played by new ICTs in the 2011 revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), particularly those of Tunisia and Egypt, triggered a heated debate among pundits and academic observers. On one side, myriad bloggers, tweeters, journalists and scholars declared these...

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