Towards the virtual Parliament - what computers can do for MPs

Campbell, Anne; Harrop, Andrew; Thompson, Bill

doi:10.1093/pa/52.3.388

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“…So far there have been few high profile successes where a website has been key. Campbell et al (1999) point to the use by Andrew Miller (Labour) of his website as a campaigning tool during the trial of his constituent Louise Woodward. Yet others have used it, so far, to little effect.…”

Section: How Does a Website Help Mps Fulfil Their Different Roles?mentioning

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MPs and web technologies: an untapped opportunity?

Jackson

2003

Journal of Public Affairs

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Nigel Jackson originally started out as a political practitioner and moved onto commercial marketing. As a senior lecturer in public relations at Bournemouth University he has been able to combine his practice experience of both campaigning and marketing. His main research interests are the impact of new technologies on politics and British political parties. ABSTRACTMPs have not previously been assigned a major role in electoral campaigning, being considered only one element of a political party's 'marketing' tools for winning votes. Evidence now suggests that the relationship between MPs and their constituents is changing. The concept of 'constituency service' implies that individual MPs can have a much greater influence on local voters and so possibly buck national trends. At the same time the concept of the 'permanent campaign' is transforming political campaigning whereby the political elite needs ever-greater control of the tools used to provide messages to voters. The internet is a potential battleground between MPs who want greater control of their own local campaigning and the party elite who want to ensure a consistent, coherent and controlled message.The Internet is a new addition to the campaigning armoury, yet the focus so far has been on egovernment, e-democracy and election campaigns. By concentrating on how and why MPs use their websites this paper considers whether MPs have fully understood and utilised this new medium.Key questions include whether their websites are 'sticky', interactive and a means of creating a targeted message.The findings of this detailed study of MPs' websites show that apart from a few pioneers, MPs have not progressed beyond using the Internet as 'shovelware' -the vast majority view their website as an electronic brochure and not a new form of two-way communication.

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Section: How Does a Website Help Mps Fulfil Their Different Roles?mentioning

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MPs and web technologies: an untapped opportunity?

Jackson

2003

Journal of Public Affairs

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“…Early studies regarding the use of Internet by politicians have focused on the impact of tools such as e-mail and websites on the communication between politicians and citizens (Campbell et al 1999;Carter 1999;Taylor and Kent 2004). Since the mid-1990s in particular, websites have become the key strategic tool of political campaigns.…”

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The Net Effect of Social Media on Election Results: The Case of Twitter in 2014 Turkish Local Elections

Sobacı

Eryiğit

Hatipoğlu

2016

Public Administration and Information Technology

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Today, social media offer political actors (i.e., politicians, political parties, NGOs, activists) opportunities for political communication, particularly during election periods. Political parties and candidates use social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube comprehensively to convey their messages to large audiences, persuade their voters, and mobilize their supporters. The use of social media causes changes in the nature of election campaigns and paves the way for a "co-generated campaign." However, studies focusing on the experiences of political actors' use of social media in the campaigns at the subnational level (regional or local) are rare in the relevant literature. In this context, this chapter aims to analyze the net effect of Twitter on the election success of the candidates in the 2014 local elections in Turkey. Findings of our analysis show that when other variables are fixed, candidates with a Twitter account have 4.5 times greater chance of winning the election than those without an account.

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“…Studies on the content of parliamentary Web sites [23,32,41,57] and studies which include examples of using ICTs in parliaments within the framework of e-participation [1,27,36,38,42,46] constituted the essential background to empirical section of this study. Actually, these studies do not present directly an index as to e-participation.…”

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What the Turkish parliamentary web site offers to citizens in terms of e-participation: A content analysis

Sobaci¹

2010

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ICTs today have a great impact on the parliamentary democracy. With the advent of the Internet, ICTs have become more than a tool enabling more efficient and rational internal operations of the parliament; they now have the power to transform the relationship between the parliament and the citizens. In this context, this article aims to examine the TGNA's Web site in terms of the e-participation opportunities offered to the citizens. The method of content analysis has been used for the examination of the TGNA's Web site. According to the results of the analysis, the content of the TGNA's Web site is poor in terms of e-participation. The most important reason for the poor e-participation content of the TNGA's Web site is the basic features of the Turkish political and administrative culture. Therefore, improving the e-participation content of the TGNA's Web site requires a mindset change on the part of both parliamentary administration and the citizens.

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Towards the virtual Parliament - what computers can do for MPs

Cited by 18 publications

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MPs and web technologies: an untapped opportunity?

MPs and web technologies: an untapped opportunity?

The Net Effect of Social Media on Election Results: The Case of Twitter in 2014 Turkish Local Elections

What the Turkish parliamentary web site offers to citizens in terms of e-participation: A content analysis

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