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The Internet has become an important means by which members of Congress communicate with their constituents. Although a number of studies have examined the content and features of congressional web sites, how members of Congress present themselves on the web has yet to be addressed. A content analysis of the images displayed on the home pages of 100 senators and 244 House members who served during the 107th Congress reveals two distinct presentations: an "insider" style and an "outsider" style. The results vary, moreover, by chamber, entering class, gender, and race. The most significant differences were by gender within each party, with Democratic women the most likely to present themselves as outsiders and Republican women the most likely to present themselves as insiders. |
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Keywords: Internet, web sites, gender, race, home style, seniority, party, constituency, 107th Congress |
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| Gulati, Girish. "CONNECTING WITH CONSTITUENTS: CONGRESS AND THE PRESENTATION OF SELF ON THE WWW" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65749_index.html> |
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| Gulati, G. J. , 2002-08-28 "CONNECTING WITH CONSTITUENTS: CONGRESS AND THE PRESENTATION OF SELF ON THE WWW" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65749_index.html |
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Abstract: The Internet has become an important means by which members of Congress communicate with their constituents. Although a number of studies have examined the content and features of congressional web sites, how members of Congress present themselves on the web has yet to be addressed. A content analysis of the images displayed on the home pages of 100 senators and 244 House members who served during the 107th Congress reveals two distinct presentations: an "insider" style and an "outsider" style. The results vary, moreover, by chamber, entering class, gender, and race. The most significant differences were by gender within each party, with Democratic women the most likely to present themselves as outsiders and Republican women the most likely to present themselves as insiders. |
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| CONNECTING WITH CONSTITUENTS: CONGRESS AND THE PRESENTATION OF SELF ON THE WWW Jeff Gulati Wellesley College Department of Political Science ggulati@Wellesley.edu Prepared for delivery at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Boston Massachusetts August 29September 1 2002. Copyright by the American Political Science Association ABSTRACT The Internet has become an important means by which members of Congress communicate with their constituents. Although a number of studies have examined the content and features of congressional web |
| from ANES data that only 5% of Internet users contacted a government official online in 1996. Moreover researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara estimated in 1997 that the potential ``cyberconstituency'' for members of Congress was only 10%. 3 Political consultants' advice for candidates concerning their Web sites is that it is important that the content and images on the site be consistent with the message that is being conveyed in the district over the airwaves and through |
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