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Facebook Grows Up: An Empirical Assessment of its Role in the 2008 Congressional Elections

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati. Paper presented at the 2009 annnual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 2009. Read more...

Congressional Candidates’ Use of YouTube in 2008: Its Frequency and Rationale

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

January 21, 2008 (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. "Jeff" Gulati). This study investigates the extent of candidates’ use of the video sharing YouTube site in 2008, and analyzes which Congressional candidates were more likely to use this tool. ...

The Internet as a Grassroots Organizing Tool: Exploring the Role of Social Networks in the 2008 Presidential Nomination Contest

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

June 14, 2008 (Christine B. Williams). Presented at the Harvard Networks in Political Science Conference

What is a Social Network Worth? Facebook and Vote Share in the 2008 Presidential Primaries

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

August 28, 2008 (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Read more...apr-sept-1.pdf

Your Money or Your Network: Indicators of Presidential Candidate Viability in the 2008 Nomination Contest

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

April 5, 2008 (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois Read here…

“The Political Impact of Facebook: Evidence from the 2006 Midterm Elections and 2008 Nomination Contest”

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

Friday, January 11, 2008 (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati) Paper published in Politics & Technology Review March 2008 Read more…

“Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and the 2006 Midterm Elections”

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

“Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and the 2006 Midterm Elections” (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati) Prepared for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association This study investigates the extent of Facebook profile use ...

“Closing the Gap, Raising the Bar: Candidate Web Site Communication in the 2006 Campaigns for Congress”

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

“Closing the Gap, Raising the Bar: Candidate Web Site Communication in the 2006 Campaigns for Congress” (Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati and Christine B. Williams) Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 25, Iss. 4 (2007) An analysis of online congressional campaigns reveals ...

“The Evolutionary Development of Campaign Web Sites: The U.S. Senate, 2000-2004”

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

“The Evolutionary Development of Campaign Web Sites: The U.S. Senate, 2000-2004” (Christine B. Williams and Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati) Prepared for delivery at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association An examination of online campaigning for the U.S. ...

What’s in an Endorsement? An Analysis of Web-based Marketing in the 2004 Presidential Campaign

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

What’s in an Endorsement? An Analysis of Web-based Marketing in the 2004 Presidential Campaign (Christine B. Williams, Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati and Ellen R. Foxman) Journal of Political Marketing, forthcoming, 2008. This study examines the role of online endorsements in the ...