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

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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