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Elected representatives, online self-presentation and the personal vote: party, personality and webstyles in the United States and United Kingdom
This article examines the way politicians package themselves to their constituents via the Web. It looks at various aspects of online self-promotion by incumbent representatives in two advanced industrial democracies - the US and the UK. It seeks to ascertain the extent to which personal qualities are a key aspect of an elected representative's online persona, and any differences that exist between these democracies with different electoral cultures. It concludes by considering the findings of empirical research and what it reveals about the relationship between national electoral cultures and the politician's persona.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
STANYER, J., 2008. Elected representatives, online self-presentation and the personal vote: party, personality and webstyles in the United States and United Kingdom. Information Communication and Society, 11 (3), pp. 414 - 432Publisher
© Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2008Notes
This article was published in the journal, Information, Communication and Society [© Taylor and Francis]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691180802025681ISSN
1369-118XeISSN
1468-4462Publisher version
Language
- en