Digital Politics in Western Democracies

A Comparative Study

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AvCristian Vaccari,Universita di Bologna) Vaccari, Cristian (Assistant Professor

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Digital politics is shorthand for how internet technologies have fueled the complex interactions between political actors and their constituents. Cristian Vaccari analyzes the presentation and consumption of online politics in seven advanced Western democracies - Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States - from 2006 to 2010. His study not only refutes claims that the web creates homogenized American-style politics and political interaction but also empirically reveals how a nation's unique constraints and opportunities create digital responses. Digital Politics in Western Democracies is the first large-scale comparative treatment of both the supply and the demand sides of digital politics among different countries and national political actors. It is divided into four parts: theoretical challenges and research methodology; how parties and candidates structure their websites (supply); how citizens use the websites to access campaign information (demand); and how the research results tie back to inequalities, engagement, and competition in digital politics.Because a key aspect of any political system is how its actors and citizens communicate, this book will be invaluable for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political communication, party competition, party organization, and the study of the contemporary media landscape writ large.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-26
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9781421411170

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PrefaceAcknowledgments1. IntroductionPart I: Theoretical Issues and Research Questions2. Understanding Digital Politics in Western Democracies3. Parties and the Internet4. Citizens and the InternetPart II: Parties and Digital Politics5. Structure and Features of Political Websites6. Disparities in Political Websites7. Party Characteristics and Their Online Presence8. What Drives the Online Presence of Parties and Candidates?Part III: Citizens and Digital Politics9. Online Political Information in Seven Countries10. Socioeconomic Inequalities and Online Political Information11. Political Attitudes and Online Information12. Political Engagement, Mass Media Use, andOnline Information13. Correlates of Online Political Information inSeven Democracies14. ConclusionAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

This is an interesting, unusual book that breaks new ground, and is indeed a very enlightening, informative one. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Digital Politics in Western Democracies... is rich in detail, showcasing Vaccari's impressive knowledge of a wide variety of political contexts, and puncturing a number of conventional assumptions about how digital politics works... Vaccari's work is an impressive contribution to the literature on the internet and politics, which injects a much-needed comparative perspective into a body of work which has been overwhelmingly dominated by perspectives from Anglo-American academia... The work is recommended to anyone with an interest in how development in digital technology is driving changes in the political process. -- Jonathan Bright West European Politics

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