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Political Parties, Party Communication and New Information and Communication Technologies

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: The article provides a theoretical overview of how parties in modern democracies are using the Internet to perform a range of key functions, such as opinion formation, interest mediation and party organization. Drawing on the party goals’ literature and classic party typologies, the central argument of the article is that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are utilized in different ways by different types of political parties. While some parties stress the downward dissemination of information via new ICTs, others emphasize their interactive and targeting possibilities. The findings of the articles included in this Special Issue are profiled and assessed for the extent to which they provide empirical support for the strategies outlined.

Source: Party Politics

DOI: 10.1177/135406880391002

Author: Andrea Römmele

Institutions: University of Mannheim, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research

Language: English

Topic: Social Media and Politics

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Health and Social Care

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