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Parties and and Election Campaigning Online – International Workshop

Date & Time:
00:00:00, Thursday 20 October -
00:00:00, Friday 21 October, 2005

About

The workshop examines parties’ use of new information communications technologies (ICTs) during in election campaigns. In particular, it sets out to understand:

  • How far new technologies might impact on party competition – are minor parties the main beneficiaries? Can new ICTs deliver votes for parties?

  • Whether ICTs are heralding a new, more interactive, personalised and decentralised campaign era.

  • How far parties can reach new audiences via the new media.

  • what role the national political campaign environment (electoral law, electoral systems, campaign finance etc.) plays in shaping the way parties adopt new ICTs.

Papers include case studies of the US, UK, Chile, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, France and Spain.

Agenda for Thursday, 20 October

Time

Session

12:45

Register / Snack Lunch

13:15

Welcome and Introduction

Richard Davis, Stephen Ward and Diana Owen: Themes, aims and objectives of the workshop

13:45

Session 1

Sara Bentivegna: Italy

Jose Luis Dader: Spain

15:15

Break

15:30

Session 2

Gerrit Voerman and Marcel Boogers: Netherlands

Thierry Vedel: France

17:00

Break

17:15

Session 3

The study of parties and election online: Methodological and research agenda discussion

20:00

Dinner at Balliol College (Guest Speaker, Richard Allan)

Agenda for Friday, 21 October

Time

Session

09:30

Session 4

Diana Owen and Richard Davis: United States

Stephen Ward and Rachel Gibson: United Kingdom

11:00

Break

11:15

Session 5

Taylor Boas: Chile

Marc Hooghe: Belgium

12:45

Buffet Lunch at OII, including short interactive presentation on ‘Online Humour in Election Campaigning’ by Limor Shifman (OII)

14:15

Session 6

David Taras: Discussion of Canadian Paper

Conclusions: common themes, reflections and differences

This workshop is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, US.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

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Speakers

  • Richard Allan,Thierry Vedel
  • Name: Dr Steve Ward|Richard Allan|Thierry Vedel|Sara Bentivegna|Taylor Boas|Marcel Boogers|Jose Luis Dader|Richard Davis|Dr Rachel Gibson|Marc Hooghe|Dr Diana Owen|David Taras|Gerrit Voerman
  • Affiliation: Oxford Internet Institute|Head of Governmental Affairs, UK and Ireland, Cisco; Liberal Democrat MP
    for Sheffield Hallam|University of Paris|University of Rome|University of California at Berkeley|Tilburg University|Universidad Complutense, Madrid|Brigham Young University|Australian National University|Leuven|Georgetown University|University of Calgary|University of Groningen
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Papers