This article addresses popular misconceptions about so-called “Macaca moments”—high
profile candidate gaffes that are captured on YouTube, receive a cascade of citizen views …

This issue's Trends and Controversies department includes five essays on e-government
and politics 2.0 from distinguished experts. Each essay presents a unique, innovative …

A particularly important question that has yet to be addressed about microblogging is the
extent to which tweeting from politicians influences the traditional media's news coverage …

What is the internee's principle impact on American politics? This dissertation argues that
the major effects of the new information medium can be traced to the new forms of political …

Technology and the Internet especially have brought on major changes to politics and are
playing an increasingly important role in political campaigns, communications, and …

This paper explores “Macaca moments”–high profile candidate gaffes that are captured on
YouTube and receive a cascade of citizen viewing, leading to substantial political impacts …

Scholars and pundits have long been fascinated by the potential of new media to open
communication pathways that route around existing gatekee** structures. In particular, the …

The growing adoption of Web-based user-generated publication platforms such as weblogs,
more commonly known as “blogs”, social networking services (SNS) like Facebook …

Abstract “Blogging” has become an incredibly popular activity in recent years. Although
political blogging broadly defined as a blog whose “content focuses on issues, events, and …

sies department includes five essays on e-government and politics 2.0 from distinguished
experts. Each essay presents a unique, innovative research framework, computational …