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Politicalweb.info <http://politicalweb.info> will be one of the main research sites to watch for frequently updated information about the use of the Internet in the mid-term 2002 U.S. elections. Their weekly reports <http://politicalweb.info/thisweek.html> include information on the percentage of candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and Governor with web sites and an important index of site features. Sites like this will be very important as I expect that the depth of media coverage on the lessons of online campaigning will be greatly reduced from 2000. Steven Clift Democracies Online P.S. If you want to connect with others interested in the use of the Internet for campaigning and political parties (around the world), send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See: http://politicalweb.info Researchers Launch 2002 Campaign Web Site Index Seattle, WA., July, 30 2002 A new nonpartisan Web site was launched today that will provide analyses of the use of the Internet by House, Senate and Gubernatorial campaigns for journalists, scholars and the public on a weekly basis throughout the campaign season. The new site, http://politicalweb.info, produced jointly by scholars at the University of Washington and the SUNY Institute of Technology, is part of a broader project studying the role of the Internet in the 2002 elections funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The first weekly report indicates that 61% of candidates running for U.S. House, U.S. Senate or governor have web sites promoting their candidacies as of July 27, 2002. House and Senate incumbents were much more likely than their challengers to have launched web sites, while gubernatorial challengers were more likely than incumbent governors to have active sites. Democrats and Republicans were considerably more likely to have sites than third party candidates. Most of the candidate sites examined included a basic set of features and content, including candidate biography, issue section, information about making campaign donations, an email address for the campaign, and the ability to indicate an interest in being a campaign volunteer. Other site features, most notably a privacy policy, were present on a much smaller proportion of campaign sites. The full text of the report is available at http://politicalweb.info. Future weekly reports will monitor the emergence of candidate web sites over the course of the campaign, as well as focus on specific types of features present on candidate web sites. Contacts: Kirsten A. Foot, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Communication University of Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206.543.4837 Steven M. Schneider, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Political Science SUNY Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] 315.725.4273 ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
