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, [email protected]

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

Michael J. Jensen University of California, Irvine, [email protected]

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

Michael Parkin Oberlin College, [email protected]   James N. Druckman  Northwestern University, [email protected]   Martin Kifer   University of Minnesota, [email protected]

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

J.H. Snider iSolon.org, [email protected]

Diffusion of Web Innovations among Members of Congress

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

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

Discussant(s): Paul Manuel Aviles Baker
Georgia Institute of Technology, [email protected]