Nationalizing and Normalizing the Local? A Comparative Analysis of Online Candidate Campaigning in Australia and Britain

Gibson, Rachel; Lusoli, Wainer; Ward, Stephen

doi:10.1080/19331680801979070

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“…Specifically, incumbency and ideology have both been used as predictors of online activity sophistication. Regarding the former of these, because more established political actors could be expected to gain more coverage in established media such as print or broadcast (Vergeer and Hermans, 2013), challengers have been found to try to counter this dominance by employing new communication technologies to larger extents (Carlson, 2007;Druckman et al, 2007;Gibson, Lusoli, & Ward, 2008;Jackson & Lilleker, 2009), a finding that appears to have been at least partly challenged in the supposed 2.0 era (Williams & Gulati, 2012). As for the latter, the influence of ideology has been reported as fluctuating.…”

Section: Candidate Variablesmentioning

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The EU Parliament on Twitter—Assessing the Permanent Online Practices of Parliamentarians

Larsson¹

2015

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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ABSTRACT. Although conceptual efforts have often suggested that the Internet harbors considerable possibilities to revolutionize political participation, empirical studies have often presented rather limited impacts in this regard. Nevertheless, novel online services such as Twitter are still pointed to as having potential to be employed by citizens and politicians alike. Utilizing state-of-the-art data collection methods, this study builds on the suggestions of previous research and gauges the degree to which EU parliamentarians make use of Twitter for so-called permanent campaigning. Specifically, the paper seeks to assess the degree to which Twitter use by European Parliament representatives can be described as being characterized by permanence-a concept related to the professionalization of political campaigns. Thus, by examining these uses outside of election periods, the study provides useful insights into the day-to-day uses of Twitter, contributing to the limited body of work focusing on the everyday online practices of politicians.

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Section: Candidate Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU Parliament on Twitter—Assessing the Permanent Online Practices of Parliamentarians

Larsson¹

2015

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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“…Indeed, the pairing of innovation (sometimes equalization) and normalization is used quite often to denote different views on the topic at hand (e.g. Gibson et al, 2008;Larsson and Svensson, 2014;Margolis and Resnick, 2000). The former of these terms suggests that as the Internet allows politicians to "communicate directly with citizens without direct interference from the mass media" (Hermans and Vergeer, 2013: 74), such possibilities for increased interaction would be incorporated by those seeking public office.…”

Section: Permanent Campaigning: Traces Of Normalization or Innovation?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Online, all the time? A quantitative assessment of the permanent campaign on Facebook

Larsson

2014

New Media & Society

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Many claims have been made regarding the influence of social media like Facebook on activities undertaken by political actors. While the study of online political communication provides several different perspectives, few studies have attempted to uncover tendencies of so-called permanent campaigning in online environments. The term signifies campaign-like activities at the hands of politicians also during nonelection periods and has spawned a number of conceptual discussions. This article presents an exploratory effort, studying traces of permanent campaigning in two similar countries-Norway and Sweden. As the former of these countries underwent a parliamentary election during the studied period, the study provides insights into "the election effect"-heightened levels of online activity among the Norwegian parties and politicians that can perhaps best be understood in relation to an ongoing election.

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“…Finally, in a recent comparative paper, it was found that that marginality has a significant impact in the UK and a non-significant impact in Australia. 25 We test this hypothesis in the Irish case at the candidate level, assessing whether candidates are more likely to establish campaign websites when their chances of winning a seat are marginal.…”

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Keeping Up with the Murphys? Candidate Cyber-campaigning in the 2007 Irish General Election

Sudulich¹,

Wall²

2009

Parliamentary Affairs

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This article addresses the factors that influenced candidates' likelihood of cybercampaigning in the 2007 Irish General Election. We consider the roles of party affiliation and support as well as intra-party competition, candidates' monetary and political resources and the marginality of the electoral race. We also provide the first empirical test to date of whether candidates' decisions to cyber-campaign are influenced by the behaviour of their direct political opponents. Monetary resources, party affiliation and the behaviour of opponents are found to have statistically significant effects on the probability of a candidate conducting a cyber-campaign.2

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Nationalizing and Normalizing the Local? A Comparative Analysis of Online Candidate Campaigning in Australia and Britain

Cited by 63 publications

References 37 publications

The EU Parliament on Twitter—Assessing the Permanent Online Practices of Parliamentarians

The EU Parliament on Twitter—Assessing the Permanent Online Practices of Parliamentarians

Online, all the time? A quantitative assessment of the permanent campaign on Facebook

Keeping Up with the Murphys? Candidate Cyber-campaigning in the 2007 Irish General Election

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