[ecrea] new book: Cameron's Conservatives and the Internet: Change, Culture and Cyber Toryism

Cameron's Conservatives and the Internet: Change, Culture and Cyber Toryism:

http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/cameron%E2%80%99s-conservatives-and-the-internet-anthony-ridgenewman/?K=9781137436511

Using David Cameron's Conservative Party as a case study, the book 
examines the role of specific internet technologies like blogs, email, 
ConservativeHome, Facebook, MyConservatives, Twitter and WebCameron in 
the organizational culture of the Tory Party. Benefitting from both 
academic and party insider perspectives, the book presents the case for 
the emergence of a new technological subculture within the party, namely 
'Cyber Toryism'. Dr Anthony Ridge-Newman (author) is based in the School 
of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow, lecturing 
Politics, Communication and Democracy.

CONTENTS
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


Endorsed by leading contemporary Conservative Party academics:

'Benefitting from being written from both an academic and an insider 
perspective, this study effectively outlines the challenges that new 
media pose to the organizational and campaign hierarchy that has 
traditionally characterized the Conservatives. Ridge-Newman shows that 
the advent of digital democracy doesn't only pose risks for parties; it 
also offers rewards.'

- Professor Tim Bale, School of Politics and International Relations, 
Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

'Anthony Ridge-Newman provides an innovative analysis of the 
Conservatives’ engagement with the internet under David Cameron. Drawing 
on ethnographic methods during hard-fought elections, his book is 
unique, breaking new ground in the study of the role that new 
technologies are playing in the lives of political activists in Britain.'

- Dr Alexander Smith, Department of Sociology, Warwick University, UK.

'Ridge-Newman’s book offers the first in-depth investigation of the role 
of digital technologies in the Conservative Party under Cameron. This 
book explores the challenges that new forms of technology pose to 
traditional structures of power and authority within political parties. 
It is essential reading for researchers and practitioners alike.'

- Dr Alex Windscheffel, Department of History, Royal Holloway, 
University of London, UK.

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