Call for Papers: Special Issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics on Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns
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Workshop on Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns, Washington DC, July 1-3
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A quick note to update you on the (invitation-only) workshop that Jennifer Stromer-Galley and I are running in Washington next week on the theme of Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns. This is part of the preparation for a special issue of the International Journal of Press/Politics, which Jennifer and I will edit.
Read MoreSpeaking in Porto on Friday June 12
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Update, June 23: English language videos of the talks at this excellent event, which had an audience of more than 1,000 people, are now online here. My talk was in the session, República Digital. The video doesn’t show some of my slides, so here is the slide deck in full.
Read MoreCall for Papers: Digital Media, Power, and Democracy in Election Campaigns: A Workshop
/Jenny Stromer-Galley and I have a new collaborative project underway on digital media, power, and democracy in election campaigns.
Read MoreSecond Report of the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement
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Our second report contains a package of recommendations that, taken together, would limit the impact of the legislation on legitimate civil society campaigning ahead of elections.
Read MoreReport of the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement
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As you may have heard, the British government recently introduced a new bill to regulate lobbying and non-party campaigning during the year leading up to an election, without consulting any organisations and on a very rushed parliamentary timetable.
Read MoreNew OUP Digital Politics Title: “Taking Our Country Back” by Daniel Kreiss
/A further new title in the Oxford University Press book series I edit, Oxford Studies in Digital Politics, has just been published: Taking Our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama, by Daniel Kreiss.
Read MoreThe MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy, by David Karpf
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The latest title in the Oxford University Press book series I edit, Oxford Studies in Digital Politics, has just been published: The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy, by David Karpf.
Read MoreMy Newly-Published Article in “Connecting Democracy”
/My 2009 journal article, “Web 2.0: New Challenges for the Study of E-Democracy in an Era of Informational Exuberance,” which originally appeared in I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 5 (1), pp. 9-41, has now been reprinted in Stephen Coleman’s and Peter Shane’s excellent new edited volume, Connecting Democracy: Online Consultation and the Flow of Political Communication (MIT Press).
Read MoreMy new journal article: “Explaining the Failure of an Online Citizen Engagement Initiative: The Role of Internal Institutional Variables”
/This article presents an exploratory case study based on fieldwork consisting of in-depth, semistructured interviews and group discussions with administrative, legal, political, and technology staff involved in an online citizen engagement initiative in “TechCounty,” a pseudonymous U.S. local government authority operating in one of the most favorable sociodemographic and technological contexts imaginable.
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