ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|3 pages

Parties and the Internet

An overview

chapter |5 pages

References

part 2|2 pages

Political parties and democracy in the information age

part |2 pages

Appendix 1: coding scheme for party websites

chapter |3 pages

Appendix2 : partywebaddresses

chapter |4 pages

Notes

chapter 5|22 pages

A marriage made in cyberspace?

Political marketing and UK party websites

part 6|1 pages

Moving towards an evolution in political mediation?

chapter 7|7 pages

Letting the daylight in?

Australian parties’ use of the World Wide Web at the state and territory level

chapter |7 pages

Findings

part |1 pages

Notes

chapter 9|20 pages

Democratisation, parties and the net

Mexico – model or aberration?

chapter 10|23 pages

Online groups and offline parties

Korean politics and the Internet

chapter 11|16 pages

Extremism on the net

The extreme right and the value of the Internet

chapter 12|4 pages

Conclusions

The net change

chapter |2 pages

Conclusion and prospects