Using Technology, Building Democracy: Digital Campaigning and the Construction of Citizenship
Jessica Baldwin-Philippi
8/12/2015
Abstract
Traces the emergence and solidification of campaign strategies that reflect what it means to be a citizen in the digital era Draws on ethnographic fieldwork in a federal-level election, interviews with communications and digital media consultants, and textual analysis of campaign materials Identifies shifting norms and emerging trends to build new theories of citizenship in contemporary democracy
