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JournalISSN: 1933-1681

Journal of Information Technology & Politics 

Routledge
About: Journal of Information Technology & Politics is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Social media & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 1933-1681. Over the lifetime, 468 publications have been published receiving 12681 citations. The journal is also known as: JITP & Journal of information technology and politics.


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TL;DR: A systematic literature review of 127 studies addressing the use of Twitter in election campaigns is presented in this paper, where the authors discuss the available research with regard to findings on the use by parties, candidates, and publics during election campaigns and during mediated campaign events.
Abstract: Twitter has become a pervasive tool in election campaigns. Candidates, parties, journalists, and a steadily increasing share of the public are using Twitter to comment on, interact around, and research public reactions to politics. These uses have met with growing scholarly attention. As of now, this research is fragmented, lacks a common body of evidence, and shared approaches to data collection and selection. This article presents the results of a systematic literature review of 127 studies addressing the use of Twitter in election campaigns. In this systematic review, I will discuss the available research with regard to findings on the use of Twitter by parties, candidates, and publics during election campaigns and during mediated campaign events. Also, I will address prominent research designs and approaches to data collection and selection.

495 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examined the impact of digital politics by looking specifically at blog readers and presented a portrait of a new type of political advocate, which they called "blog readers" and "blog advocates".
Abstract: Recently, research revolving around blogs has flourished. Usually, academics illus- trate what blogs are, motivations to blog, and, only to some extent, their role in politics. Along these lines, we examine the impact of digital politics by looking specifically at blog readers. Although blog readers might be considered at the forefront of a new technological revolution, and people have specu- lated about their participatory habits both online and off, little research has specifically looked at this growing proportion of the population. This article models factors that predict traditional and online forms of participation, presenting a portrait of a new type of political advocate.

336 citations

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TL;DR: The nature and potential of cloud computing, the policy issues raised, and research questions related to cloud computing and policy are examined as a part of larger issues of public policy attempting to respond to rapid technological evolution.
Abstract: Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in a large data center and is able to dynamically provide servers with the ability to address a wide range of needs, from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of information policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability, access, and regulation. This article explores the nature and potential of cloud computing, the policy issues raised, and research questions related to cloud computing and policy. Ultimately, the policy issues raised by cloud computing are examined as a part of larger issues of public policy attempting to respond to rapid technological evolution.

303 citations

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TL;DR: The authors provided a descriptive interpretation of the role of digital media in the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 with a focus on personalized political communication and the commodification of online media as tools.
Abstract: This essay provides a descriptive interpretation of the role of digital media in the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 with a focus on two themes: personalized political communication and the commodification of digital media as tools. The essay covers campaign finance strategy, voter mobilization on the ground, innovation in social media, and data analytics, and why the Obama organizations were more innovative than those of his opponents. The essay provides a point of contrast for the other articles in this special issue, which describe sometimes quite different campaign practices in recent elections across Europe.

232 citations

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TL;DR: This article examined the use of online social networks in a nationally representative sample of young people and explored the varied relationships between indicators of social capital and Internet use on a site-specific level (i.e., MySpace vs. Facebook).
Abstract: Does Internet use have the potential to build social capital? Emerging evidence suggests that politically knowledgeable, interpersonally trusting, and civically engaged individuals share particular patterns of Internet use. In previous national survey studies, Internet use has been divided into a handful of excessively broad categories, and researchers have been unable to address newer, category-spanning Internet uses as well as the potential impact of individual Web sites. By examining the use of online social networks in a nationally representative sample of young people, this study explores the varied relationships between indicators of social capital and Internet use on a site-specific level (i.e., MySpace vs. Facebook). Indeed, differences between social networking sites are as large as those between more global categories of use (e.g., informational vs. social networking) and are robust to attempts to account for differences between the users of the sites. In explaining these relationships ...

224 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202323
202222
202147
202037
201925
201829