truth and consequence in web campaigning: is there an academic digital divide?

Gibson, Rachel; Römmele, Andrea

doi:10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210036

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“…These claims are significant because they address not only the currently fashionable subject of the internet but also fundamental questions about the causal role of communication in public life [6], [7], [8], [9].…”

Section: Background and Prior Researchmentioning

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The Use of Facebook in National Election Campaigns: Politics as Usual?

Andersen

Medaglia

2009

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. The uptake of online media in election campaigning is leading to speculations about the transformation of politics and cyber-democracy. Politicians running for seats in Parliament are increasingly using online media to disseminate information to potential voters and building dynamic, online communities. Drawing on an online survey of the Facebook networks of the two top candidates running for seats in the 2007 Danish Parliament election, this study suggests that the online sphere is primarily populated by users who already know the candidates through the traditional channels of party organizations, and that they do not expect to influence the policy of their candidates. Instead, users view Facebook mainly as an information channel and as a means to gain social prestige.

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Section: Background and Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Facebook in National Election Campaigns: Politics as Usual?

Andersen

Medaglia

2009

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…The wider sphere of online politics Gibson and Römmele (2005) highlight the variety of non-traditional political actors on the internet, including bloggers, mainstream news web sites, joke web sites, etc. While there can be difficulties in identifying these, an analysis of the use of Welsh to discuss politics in this wider arena is important, particularly if it can be shown that this wider arena is a significant source of information for the Welsh electorate.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, in common with many studies (Gibson and Römmele, 2005), we consider only the web site artefacts rather than their use or effect. We first briefly set the political context surrounding the 2007 Welsh Assembly election.…”

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Welsh‐language provision on party web sites during the 2007 Welsh Assembly election

Cunliffe

2008

Aslib Proceedings

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of Welsh-language provision on the web sites of political parties contesting the 2007 Welsh Assembly elections. Design/methodology/approach -Expert inspection was carried out on the web sites of 18 of the 19 parties contesting the election. Goal-directed walkthroughs were conducted on four web sites judged to be making a bilingual provision. Findings -Overall, the Welsh language was highly marginalised. While Welsh-language elements were identified on ten of the 18 web sites, only four web sites attempted to make a bilingual provision. On three of these, a user intending to interact with the web site through the medium of Welsh would still encounter English language content and/or navigation. Only one web site offered a fully Welsh-language experience. Research limitations/implications -This paper only considers the web sites of political parties and presents only a high level analysis. It does not consider the impact of Welsh-language provision on the electorate. Originality/value -This is the first paper to systematically examine Welsh-language provision on party web sites during elections for the National Assembly for Wales. In contrast to many studies of election-related internet activity in the UK, it considers a regional election rather than a UK general election.

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“…In common with many other studies [9], the study presented in this paper considers only the websites themselves. While this is revealing, it does not provide a complete picture, which would need to consider at least the following: …”

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Welsh-language provision on party websites during the 2010 UK General Election

Cunliffe

2011

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The internet is now an important element of most political parties' communication strategies during elections. While online communication might be claimed to enable smaller parties and marginal voices to compete more effectively with major parties, it might also enable minority languages to challenge the existing dominance of majority languages in traditional political communication.This paper explores Welsh-language provision on the websites of the 18 parties which fielded candidates in Wales during the 2010 UK General Election. Three websites making bilingual provision are examined in greater detail, considering the Welsh-language experience in terms of information seeking tasks, the use of web2.0 and resource generation.Overall the provision of regional information relating to Wales and of Welsh-language material has remained remarkably static since the last General Election in 2005. It appears that only parties which regularly contest seats in Wales make regional provision and that Welsh-language provision is limited to those parties who have websites specifically orientated to Wales. The Welsh language does not appear to have been a priority in terms of online political communication for most of the parties campaigning in Wales during the General Election. Even on those sites making a bilingual provision, the quality, timeliness and extent of the Welsh-language experience varied considerably.

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truth and consequence in web campaigning: is there an academic digital divide?

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

The Use of Facebook in National Election Campaigns: Politics as Usual?

The Use of Facebook in National Election Campaigns: Politics as Usual?

Welsh‐language provision on party web sites during the 2007 Welsh Assembly election

Welsh-language provision on party websites during the 2010 UK General Election

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