Can the Internet help to re-engage the public in politics? How are political parties using the Internet as a communication tool? Has politics changed in the information age?This book provides an assessment of how political parties are adapting to the rise of new information and communication technologies and what the consequences will be. It includes case studies of the US, the UK, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, Romania and the Mediterranean region.
Author(s): P. G. Nixon, R. K. Gibson, S. J. Ward
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 264
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Parties and the Internet: an overview......Page 26
Political parties and democracy in the information age......Page 54
Major parties dominate, minor parties struggle: US elections and the Internet......Page 68
Southern European parties and party systems, and the new ICTs......Page 85
A marriage made in cyberspace? Political marketing and UK party websites......Page 113
Moving towards an evolution in political mediation? French political parties and the new ICTs......Page 135
Letting the daylight in? Australian parties' use of the World Wide Web at the state and territory level......Page 154
The democratising potential of the Internet and political parties in Romania......Page 176
Democratisation, parties and the net: Mexico model or aberration?......Page 190
Online groups and offline parties: Korean politics and the Internet......Page 210
Extremism on the net: the extreme right and the value of the Internet......Page 233
Conclusions: the net change......Page 249
Index......Page 259
