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- IOS Press
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- Copyright © 2008 by IOS Press, Inc
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- 1570-1255
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- 1875-8754
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Abstract
Information Polity 13 (2008) 115–118 IOS Press Web campaigning, by K.A. Foot and S.M. Schneider, 2006, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Review by Wainer Lusoli E-mail: wainer.lusoli@ec.europa.eu First things ï¬rst, I liked this book very much. The volume represents an attempt, largely successful, to contextualise online elections in the US historically, theoretically, methodologically. The present review proceeds in a rather unusual fashion, reflecting the rather unusual format of the volume at hand. Web campaigning is indeed a book of many books, touching on multiple sets of literature, methodologies, evidence. To tap this complexity, I will proceed in a Q&A style, addressing what I believe are the most salient aspects of the book. What is this book about? At the core, the book examines the candidate-centred online campaigns for House of Representatives, Senate and State Governor seats during three US elections between 2000 and 2004. In this respect, it interrogates the production of campaign Websites by campaign socio-technical networks, built around candidates. More widely, the book charts the changing context, practices and techniques characterising such online campaigns over the period under scrutiny. Even more widely, the book aims to assess the role new communication technologies play in electoral campaigns and,
Journal
Information Polity – IOS Press
Published: Jan 1, 2008