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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b>International
Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Official
Publication of the Information Resources Management Association</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Volume
2, Issue 1, January-March<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>2011</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Published:
Quarterly in Print and Electronically</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ISSN:
1947-9131 EISSN: 1947-914X</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Published
by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/ijep" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/ijep</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Editor-in-Chief:
Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PAPER
ONE</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gender
and Anonymity in Virtual Teams: An Exploratory Study</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth
Koh (National University of Singapore, Singapore) <br>
Na Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore) <br>
John Lim (National University of Singapore, Singapore)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The
visibility of network-based technologies in the 2008 U.S. presidential election
is indicative of their importance as tools to inform and motivate a populace.
By explaining what factors impact usage behaviors with respect to these
technologies, their use can be better encouraged. In this paper, the authors
examine the constructs influencing usage behaviors for political technologies
using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model. The
authors also explore the impact of the use of political technologies on
political interest and activism in organized movements. The model was tested on
a large sample of youth voters, and results suggest that performance and effort
expectancy, along with social influences, impact the use of political
technology. Evidence was also found suggesting that the usage of political
technologies positively impacts political interest and political activism.
Findings suggest that room for growth exists in devising novel ways to use
political technologies to motivate active participation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PAPER
TWO</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ICT
as an Enabler for Small Firm Growth: The Case of the Mompreneur</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yvonne
Costin (University of Limerick, Ireland)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Along
with individuals’ ideological factors, various network properties play a
crucial role in the process of legislators’ political decision making. Social
networks among legislators provide relational resources through which
communication occurs, exerting social influence among the members in a network.
This paper examines six social relationships among the members of the 109th
United States Senate as predictors of senatorial voting (roll call votes),
shared committees, co-sponsorships, party membership, PAC donation,
geographical contiguity, and internet hyperlinks, which may be considered as
direct or indirect representations of communication networks. The six networks
are modeled using MRQAP, and results suggest that roll call voting was
predicted by party membership, co-sponsorship, geographical proximity, and PAC
donation networks, while shared committee membership did not contribute
significantly. As for hyperlinks, results were mixed, showing a small variance
of contribution in a simpler model but not significant with more complex
models.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PAPER
THREE</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Support
Structures for Women in Information Technology Careers </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ruth
Guthrie (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA) <br>
Louise Soe (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA) <br>
Elaine Yakura (Michigan State University, USA)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This
paper focuses on two related aspects–the politics of social networking
communities and the impact that clashes between real and virtual spheres on
relationships in social networking communities. The starting point for this
paper is a series of events that took place in a social networking community involving
a dominant member of the community attempting to overpower others, leading to
several of the most active members, including the dominant member himself,
leaving the community. Following a review of the literature on social
networking and politics, the Virtuality/Reality Conflict (VRC) model is
presented. The model is used in this paper as a basis for explaining the events
in the case and for discussing the implications from this study to research
politics of the virtual communities.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PAPER
FOUR</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gender
Segregation and ICT: An Indo-British Comparison </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sunrita
Dhar-Bhattacharjee (University of Salford, UK) <br>
Haifa Takruri-Rizk (University of Salford, UK)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A
concern for students of political mobilization has been whether political
mobilization efforts reinforce or expand current patterns of political
participation. Despite some promise, an emerging body of research suggests that
email mobilization techniques generally will reinforce existing participatory
patterns. Email mobilization campaigns rely heavily on individuals to first
submit their email addresses for future contact. Because signing up for future
political email is an act of political participation, mobilization resulting
from these solicited contacts would serve to reinforce the engagement of those
already willing to participate. Yet, many individuals receive unsolicited
political email, which holds the most potential to activate the inactive.
Unfortunately, despite speculation about the mobilizing potential of these
unsolicited email contacts, political scientists know little about whether
unsolicited political messages induce engagement. Using data from a unique
probability sample survey of U.S. Internet users, the author examines whether
unsolicited political email independently induces individuals to participate in
politics.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PAPER
FIVE</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The
Effect of Gender on Perceived Benefits of and Drivers for ICT Adoption in
Australian Medical Practices </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Robert
MacGregor (University of Wollongong, Australia) <br>
Peter Hyland (University of Wollongong, Australia) <br>
Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong, Australia)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E-Government
can be used as an effective tool to create a relationship of trust and
confidence between government and people as well as to generate greater
efficiency and responsiveness of government. This empirical study observes
people’s opinions and expectations about positive outcomes of e-Government. The
researchers have identified the expectation level among urban people in
Bangladesh concerning outcomes of e-Government and the variability in these
expectations in terms of their demographic characteristics. In this regard, the
authors emphasize the application of e-Government to improve government’s
performance as well as locating the critical factors to succeed in such
application.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BOOK
REVIEW</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Review
of <i>Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create
Global Partnership</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reviewed
by Christine Rodemeyer, Wayne State University, USA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>INTERVIEW</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What
It Means to be a Female Political Blogger:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An
Interview with Debbie Schlussel</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interviewed
by Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA </p>
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Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> in your institution's library. This
journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "<b>InfoSci-Journals</b>"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CALL
FOR PAPERS</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mission
of IJEP: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The
mission of the<b> International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> is to define
and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an emerging area of
inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the development of
e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a venue for
empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics to be
published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics in
this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community of e-politics
researchers by serving as a “hub” for related activities, such as organizing
seminars and conferences on e-politics and publication of books on e-politics.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coverage
of IJEP:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The
<b>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> focuses on three major topic
areas: the politics of information technology function and its role within
organizations, the politics of virtual communities and social networking
communities, and the role that electronic media plays in community activism and
party politics at the local, national, and international levels. Within these
major areas, specific topics of interest to be discussed in the journal include
(but are not limited to) the following:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E-voting
and electronically enabled e-government</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Impact
of globalization on the political role played by the IT unit within
organizations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Impact
of race and gender on electronically enabled political manipulations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Party
politics and social activism</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Politics
of diffusion of change within organizations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Politics
of social networking communities, including: learning communities, customers'
communities, e-dating communities, gaming communities, support group
communities, etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Politics
of the IT function and role in organizations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Politics
of virtual communities and social networking communities</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Politics
of geographically based virtual communities</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Use
of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and harassment</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Use
of electronic media in industrial and labor relations</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Utilization
of electronic media for governance and politicking at the municipal, state,
national, and international levels</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Utilization
of electronic media for political debate, information sharing, political
decision making, and fundraising</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interested
authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/ijep" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/ijep</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All
inquiries and submissions should be sent to: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Celia Romm Livermore at <a href="mailto:ak1667@wayne.edu" target="_blank">ak1667@wayne.edu</a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br clear="all">
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</div></div></div>-- <br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">Editor-in-Chief</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">
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