Making a difference : a comparative view of the role of the Internet in election politics / edited by Stephen Ward ... [et al.]. - Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008. - xii, 305 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm. - Lexington studies in political communication . - Lexington studies in political communication. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index.

Chile : promoting the personal connection : the Internet and presidential election campaigns / Taylor C. Boas -- Australia : potential unfulfilled? The 2004 election online / Rachel Gibson and Ian McAllister -- Singapore : elections and the Internet : online activism and offline quiescence / Randolph Kluver -- Indonesia : electoral politics and the Internet / David T. Hill -- United States : Internet and elections / Diana Owen and Richard Davis -- Canada : party websites and online campaigning during the 2004 and 2006 federal elections / Tamara A. Small, David Taras, and David Danchuk -- The United Kingdom : parties and the 2005 virtual election campaign : not quite normal? / Stephen Ward, Rachel Gibson, and Wainer Lusoli -- Spain : cyberquake in a soft democracy? The role of the Internet in the 2004 general elections / Josâe-Luis Dader -- Belgium : websites as party campaign tools : comparing the 2000 and 2006 local election campaigns / Marc Hooghe and Sara Vissers -- Netherlands : digital campaigning in the 2002 and 2003 parliamentary elections / Gerrit Voerman and Marcel Boogers -- Italy : the evolution of e-campaigning 1996-2006 / Sara Bentivegna -- Germany : online campaign professionalism in the 2002 and 2005 national elections / Eva Johanna Schweitzer.

9780739121009 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739121006 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739121016 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0739121014 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Internet in political campaigns--Case studies.
Elections--Computer network resources--Case studies.
Campañas políticas por internet.
Política por internet.
Campañas electorales.

JF 1001 / M235 2008

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