e - politics : What ’ s going on ? The case of the Finnish Parliamentary elections in 1999
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چکیده
"The electric energy can be applied indifferently and quickly to many kinds of tasks" (McLuhan, 1964, p. 350). When applied in the Internet and www the man has created a new extension, a new medium. The application of this medium has effects on many areas of social conduct. In this paper we explore the application of the Internet and www in party politics and our case material is gathered around the Finnish Parliamentary elections in March 1999. The empirical data shows that there was a lot of electoral material available in the www, in addition to political parties there were also other suppliers, the elections increased the activity in the www, and the web sites of political parties were maybe not so popular as could be expected. We interpret the results from the voters’ perspective and discuss the possible future effects and role of the Internet and www for the political parties.
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