The Internet and National Elections: A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning

The Internet and National Elections provides a comparative analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in countries around the world for campaign purposes.

This ambitious study draws upon a common conceptual framework - the "Web sphere," and a shared methodological approach called Web feature analysis - in order to examine how the Internet is used by a variety of political actors during periods of electoral activity. Research teams around the world conducted analyses in technologically advanc...