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Elected representatives, online self-presentation and the personal vote: party, personality and webstyles in the United States and United Kingdom

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posted on 2013-12-12, 13:48 authored by James StanyerJames Stanyer
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 - 432

Publisher

© Taylor and Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2008

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Information, Communication and Society [© Taylor and Francis]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691180802025681

ISSN

1369-118X

eISSN

1468-4462

Language

  • en