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How Have Irish Parliamentarians Adapted to the Age of Web 2.0?

Author(s) -

Neil Collins,

Yu-Wen Chen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of e-politics

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1947-914X

pISSN - 1947-9131

DOI - 10.4018/ijep.2017100102

Subject(s) - irish , cyberspace , the internet , citizen journalism , world wide web , politics , political science , sociology , media studies , computer science , law , philosophy , linguistics

ThisarticleexplorestheengagementofmembersoftheIrishlowerparliamentarychamber(TDs) withWeb2.0technologies.Whileconductingthewebsite-featureanalysis,theauthorslookedatthree dimensionsofeachTD’swebsite:informationcontent,interactiontoolsandpoliticians’activities ontheweb.TheyfoundthatIrishparliamentarians’usageoftheInternetisstilllargelybasedon theparadigmofWeb1.0.Perhapsmoreaccurately,Irishpoliticians’Internetusageisinthemode ofWeb1.5,inwhichsomeinteractiveandparticipatoryspaceisgeneratedwiththeideathatthe cyberspaceshouldencouragecitizenparticipation.Asconventionalvariablessuchaspartyaffiliation andgeographicvariationstillhaveaninfluenceonTDs’websiteperformance,onecanconcludethat informationandcommunicationtechnologiesdonotreallychangethewayIrishpoliticsareplayed. TheIrishexperienceisinlinewithvariousotherstudies,suchasinItalyandFinland. KEyWoRdS Ireland, Party Systems, Teachta Dála (TD), Web 2.0, Website-Feature Analysis

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