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“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 ...

Factors Sustaining e-Participation: A Study of Meetup in the 2004 U.S. Election

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

Factors Sustaining e-Participation: A Study of Meetup in the 2004 U.S. Election (Christine B. Williams) Paper under review This study investigates the e-participation of Meetup attendees over the course of the 2004 U.S. election and identifies factors related to their continuing ...

24-7 Government, the Permanent Campaign, and e-Democracy: An Analysis of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Interactive Website

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

24-7 Government, the Permanent Campaign, and e-Democracy: An Analysis of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Interactive Website (Christine B. Williams) Presented at the 2007 International Conference on e-Government, Montreal, Canada, September 27, 2007-09-24 Read More...(this is a huge PDF file and might ...

“From Consumer Democracy to Coducer Democracy: Towards an Open Source Political Model"

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

“From Consumer Democracy to Coducer Democracy: Towards an Open Source Political Model" (Pierre Berthon and Christine B. Williams) International Journal of Information Technology and Management, special issue 2006. Rather than ...

“The 2004 US Presidential Campaign: Impact of Hybrid Offline and Online ‘Meetup’ Communities”

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Academic Papers | No Comments »

“The 2004 US Presidential Campaign: Impact of Hybrid Offline and Online 'Meetup' Communities” (Bruce D. Weinberg and Christine B. Williams) Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice, Vol. 8, pp. 46-57 (2006). In a study of 820 people who attended Meetup events for presidential ...

Will social networking sites impact the 2008 presidential campaign?

Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Reports | No Comments »

A study of the 2006 congressional elections points to a connection between campaign activity on Facebook and electoral success. Click here to get to the article in PDF version. Christine Williams and Jeff Gulati, Bentley College (August 30, 2007)

Role of Social Networks in 2008 Presidential Campaign (July 30, 2007)

Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Press Releases | 1 Comment »

Media Contact: Carrie Izard Richardson 781.891.2755 crichardson@bentley.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2007 Bentley College Political Science Professors Examine Role of Social Networks in 2008 Presidential Campaign Sites Underscore Candidate Differences in Strategy and Appeal Waltham, Mass. - A Bentley College study has found that the ...