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[ecrea] International Journal of E-Politics, special section on Unions, IT, and Knowledge Workers (Vol. 4, Issue 4)

Fri Apr 04 15:45:53 GMT 2014




It gives me great pleasure to share with you the publication of the latest issue of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) - Volume 4 Issue 4.



The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association. It is published: quarterly in Print and Electronically by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA



ISSN: 1947-9131 EISSN: 1947-914X

www.igi-global.com/ijep



Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA



GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE

Special Section on Unions, Information Technology, and Knowledge Workers

Marick F. Masters (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA)

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=101750&ptid=71758&ctid=15&t=Special Section on Unions, Information Technology, and Knowledge Workers



ARTICLE 1

The Face(book) of Unionism

Ray Gibney (School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA), Tom Zagenczyk (Department of Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA), Marick F. Masters (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA)

Information Communication Technology (ICT) offers unions a greater capacity to build cohesion and expand membership. An important issue in assessing the potential benefits of ICT is the nature and scope of union members’ use of this technology. Unions must have an Internet presence. Using data from a 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors examine the extent to which union members have and use computers and the Internet. In addition, the authors review Facebook pages and Twitter accounts established by or for national labor organizations. The authors find that labor union usage of these social networks has not produced anticipated usage by members.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/the-facebook-of-unionism/101753

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=101753



ARTICLE 2

Distrust of Employers, Collectivism, and Union Efficacy

Jack Fiorito (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA), Daniel G. Gallagher (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA)

This study examines relations between indicators of knowledge work and worker attitudes toward employers, collective action, and union efficacy. Previous writing on these relations are used to develop hypotheses. Data are drawn from the 2009 Young Workers Survey. Results fail to show any statistically significant main effect relations between knowledge work indicators and the worker attitudes examined, despite a sample size sufficient to detect at least medium effect sizes. Further, there is very limited support for moderator effects. A discussion section discusses limitations, implications, and issues for future research.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/distrust-of-employers-collectivism-and-union-efficacy/101754

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=101754



ARTICLE 3

The Visibility of Political Websites during Electoral Campaigns

J. Paulo Serra (University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal)

This paper discusses how political parties and candidates try to enhance the public visibility of their websites during electoral campaigns, through a process that the author proposes calling the “meta-campaign.” This process significantly depends on the actions of journalists and the way in which they cover electoral campaigns. The discussion is based on an exploratory and qualitative study of the Portuguese campaign for the 2009 European Parliament election. The main reason the authors chose this election was that European themes, being less familiar to Portuguese citizens than national ones, would highlight the need for information about the salient issues as well as the tools for attaining this information, with the websites of political parties and candidates clearly being one of the latter.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/the-visibility-of-political-websites-during-electoral-campaigns/101755

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=101755



ARTICLE 4

Mapping Web Interactivity: A Comparative Study of Congressional Campaign Websites

Kevin Y Wang (College of Communication, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA), Hyung Min Lee (Department of Media Communication, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea), David Atkin (Department of Communication, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA), Cheonsoo Kim (School of Journalism, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA)

This paper explores the use of interactive communication and dialogic relationship building strategies on political campaign Web sites. In contrast to presidential races that often feature substantially more sophisticated campaign Web sites, congressional candidates’ ability and willingness to use the Web as an electioneering tool has varied greatly. The present research sought to address two broad research questions: 1) how candidates from the same electoral districts used their Web sites during the 2006 and 2010 congressional elections; and 2) to what extent could several candidate and district level variables explain the differences in Web utilization. A typology was proposed to examine the first question, while content analysis was performed to collect empirical data that addressed the second question. Results indicate that while the use of interactive Web strategies may be concentrated among candidates with certain characteristics in 2006, the adoption of social media in political campaigns has trickled down from the presidential level, and that interactive tools have become a norm in the 2010 congressional election, with virtually no observable differences emerging among candidates. Theoretical and practical implication for online political public relations is discussed.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/mapping-web-interactivity/101756

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=101756

For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.igi-global.com/isj.



CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJEP:

The mission of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to define and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an emerging area of inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the development of e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a venue for empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics to be published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics in this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community of e-politics researchers by serving as a “hub” for related activities, such as organizing seminars and conferences on e-politics and publication of books on e-politics.

Coverage of IJEP:



The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) focuses on three major topic areas: the politics of information technology function and its role within organizations, the politics of virtual communities and social networking communities, and the role that electronic media plays in community activism and party politics at the local, national, and international levels. Within these major areas, specific topics of interest to be discussed in the journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

* E-voting and electronically enabled e-government
* Impact of globalization on the political role played by the IT unit within organizations * Impact of race and gender on electronically enabled political manipulations
* Party politics and social activism
* Politics of diffusion of change within organizations
* Politics of social networking communities, including: learning communities, customers' communities, e-dating communities, gaming communities, support group communities, etc.
* Politics of the IT function and role in organizations
* Politics of virtual communities and social networking communities
* Politics of geographically based virtual communities
* Use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and harassment
* Use of electronic media in industrial and labor relations
* Utilization of electronic media for governance and politicking at the municipal, state, national, and international levels * Utilization of electronic media for political debate, information sharing, political decision making, and fundraising

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147



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Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)
Editor-in-Chief - International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)
School of Business Administration
Wayne State University - Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
Personal e-mail address: (ak1667 /at/ wayne.edu)
IJEP site: www.igi-global.com/IJEP




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