From: Yuwei Lin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 January 2010 17:37
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Subject: Talk: An Internet mediated domain of local governance? (Friday 15 January 2010, Salford)
Date: Friday 15 January 2010
Time: 11.30 AM - 12.45 PM
Venue: Adelphi House AH012 (Adelphi Street) (See directions at
http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel/)
Speaker: Paul Hepburn (PhD Candidate at the Institute for Political &
Economic Governance ( IPEG), University of Manchester)
Title: An Internet mediated domain of local governance?
Abstract: Researching online political activity via hyperlinked networks is
replete with methodological challenges not least of which is conceptually
and empirically bounding the area of social activity under investigation.
This paper addresses this challenge through applying a distinctive mixed
method approach within a conceptually defined internet mediated domain of
local governance. This approach enabled an investigation into how the
internet was used during a UK local government referendum on the
introduction of a traffic congestion charging scheme. Drawing upon Social
Network Analysis theory, this method first utilises Lusher and Ackland's
innovative Relational Hyperlink Analysis to quantitatively explore
significance and meaning in the online network. Secondly, Howard's network
ethnography is used to frame subjects for qualitative investigation to
unpick the complexities associated with institutional and civic activity in
this domain. This paper suggests that these methods combine to explore a
domain bounded by both hyperlink and narrative and in doing so work to
uncover, in a particular localised context, aspects of the new media use
and effect that may have remained hidden had the methods been applied in
isolation.
All Welcome. No booking required.
Contact: Yuwei Lin | y.lin @ salford.ac.uk
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Yuwei Lin | yuwei at ylin dot org
http://www.ylin.org
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