Information Technology and Politics

40-3   Legislatures and Internet Use: governing and campaigning


Date: Saturday, Sep 5, 4:15 PM
Co-sponsored by 38-17

Chair: Geoffery William Seaver
IRM College,

Representation as Communication: An Analysis of the Information Environment of Local Government Elected Officials

Michael J. Jensen University of California, Irvine,


Timeless Strategy Meets New Medium: Going Negative on Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006

Michael Parkin Oberlin College,   James N. Druckman  Northwestern University,   Martin Kifer   University of Minnesota,


Would You Ask Turkeys to Mandate Thanksgiving? The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency

J.H. Snider iSolon.org,


Diffusion of Web Innovations among Members of Congress

Kevin M. Esterling University of California, Riverside,   David Lazer  Harvard University, David_   Michael Neblo   Ohio State University,


Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and Congressional Elections 2006, 2008 Christine B. Williams Bentley University,   Girish J. Gulati   Bentley College,

Discussant(s): Paul Manuel Aviles Baker
Georgia Institute of Technology,