Cameron's Conservatives and the Internet

Change, Culture and Cyber Toryism
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-43650-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

The internet is changing the way we interact and communicate. But how is it impacting on more historically traditional institutions like the British Conservative Party? This book examines the role of specific internet technologies like ConservativeHome, Facebook, Twitter and WebCameron in the organizational culture of the Tory Party 2005-14.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ridge-Newman, A.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Cameron's Conservatives and the Internet 2. Tory Elites and Centralized Internet Operations 3. Blogs: The Conservative Home? 4. Facebook: New Face of Conservative Organization? 5. In the Net: Joining Cameron's Conservatives Online 6. Surrey Conservatives and the Internet 7. Anglesey Conservatives and the Internet 8. Cyber Toryism Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Ridge-Newman has diverse expertise in academia, communications, politics and media. He conducted the ESRC funded research on which this book is based at the University of London, 2008-11. During that time, he was a councillor for Virginia Water and a parliamentary candidate for Ynys Môn Anglesey. This first-hand experience was embraced in the book using ethnographic methods.