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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The contents of the latest issue of:<br>
<b>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b><br>
Volume 5, Issue 2, April - June 2014<br>
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically<br>
ISSN: 1947-9131; EISSN: 1947-914X; <br>
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/ijep</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue"><br></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm
Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Note: There are no submission or
acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of
E-Politics (IJEP). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer
review editorial process.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><br><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ARTICLE 1</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">E-Participation and Deliberation in
the European Union: The Case of Debate Europe</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Roxana Radu (Center for Media and
Communication Studies (CMCS), Central European University, Budapest, Hungary)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Civic online participation garnered
much interest during the last decade relative to the transformation of the
concept of democracy in a move from representative to participatory. In the
European Union (EU), both the types and the number of online opportunities for
citizen empowerment have diversified tremendously with the advancement of
information and communication technology (ICT). The present study undertakes an
in-depth research of Debate Europe, an online deliberation mechanism initiated
in 2008 by the European Commission. A quantitative and qualitative content
analysis was carried out in order to examine thoroughly the contributions
received from posters for the two most popular discussion threads on the
English-language portal in the 2009 EP electoral year. The empirical evidence
allowed for the identification of participation dynamics based on two
dimensions: interactivity and rationality. Findings suggest that such moderated
discussions advanced high interactivity and rationality that could provide
valuable input at the EU level. While the prerequisites for a transition from
micro-public spheres to transnational civic engagement exist, this is done only
partially due to the lack of an adequate infrastructure to feedback opinions
into institutional decision-making mechanisms in the EU.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To obtain a copy of the entire
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/e-participation-and-deliberation-in-the-european-union/112099" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/article/e-participation-and-deliberation-in-the-european-union/112099</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To read a PDF sample of this
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112099" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112099</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ARTICLE 2</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Impact of Online News
Consumption on Young People's Political Participation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Hao Xiaoming (Wee Kim Wee School of
Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang,
Singapore), Wen Nainan (School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing
University, Nanjing, China), Cherian George (Department of Journalism, Hong
Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The informational usage of media has
been identified as one of the most important factors that facilitate citizens'
participation in political activities. This relationship becomes exceptionally
intriguing in the 21st century, which is characterized by a growing popularity
of new media, and concurrently, a decline of political and civic engagement in
many societies, particularly among young people. Research findings about the
link between new media usage and political participation have been
inconclusive, and specific processes through which new media usage, especially
the informational usage of such media, may affect political participation
remain less than lucid. In this study, we propose a theoretical framework under
which political knowledge and political efficacy are used to explain the
possible connection between online news consumption and political
participation. Through a survey of university students in Singapore, this study
shows that the young people's consumption of online news is directly related to
both online and offline political participation. At the same time, the
consumption of online news is also indirectly related to online and offline
political participation via political efficacy. Political knowledge, however,
is found to be a mediating factor between online news consumption and online
political participation but not offline political participation. This study not
only allows us a more holistic view of the impact of online news on young
people's political and civic engagement but also contributes to the existing
literature on the relationship between news consumption and political
participation by incorporating both online and offline political activities in
the proposed theoretical model.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To obtain a copy of the entire
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-impact-of-online-news-consumption-on-young-peoples-political-participation/112100" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/article/the-impact-of-online-news-consumption-on-young-peoples-political-participation/112100</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To read a PDF sample of this
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112100" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112100</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ARTICLE 3</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Social Tyranny and Democratic
Governance in the Information Age</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Andrew Ward (Health Services
Research, Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN,
USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The development and diffusion of
inexpensive, reliable and easy to use public Internet access means that large
portions of the U.S. and global populations now regularly communicate with one
another. Will the increasing penetration of the Internet into the social and
political lives of people facilitate Thomas Jefferson's vision of a world “founded
on the primacy of individual liberty and a commitment to pluralism, diversity,
and Community”? While many people believe that the answer to this question is
“yes”, such affirmations often rest on adducing cases not theoretically linked
to one another. In contrast, the present paper provides a broadly
philosophical, conceptual analysis of how use of the Internet can lead to forms
of “social tyranny” in which one or more elements of a community impose their
own beliefs and interests on others in that community. For instance, dependence
on Internet access and use for social action or pertinent information about
social activities may lead to marginalization and exclusion for people whose
Internet access or use is limited. Furthermore, the connectedness or mode of
connectedness of groups or organizations may give them an unfair advantage
disseminating and advocating the messages they deliver to members of the
communities in which they exist. The conclusion is not that we should adopt
attitudes and policies that are antithetical to the use of the Internet.
Rather, using ideas from Dewey and Habermas, amongst others, the conclusion is
that it is important to reflect broadly and critically on how use of the
Internet can transform the character of the public domain and the deliberations
about governance that occur within that domain.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To obtain a copy of the entire
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/social-tyranny-and-democratic-governance-in-the-information-age/112101" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/article/social-tyranny-and-democratic-governance-in-the-information-age/112101</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To read a PDF sample of this
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112101" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112101</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ARTICLE 4</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The Politics of E-Learning: A
Theoretical Model</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Celia Romm Livermore (Department of
Information Systems and Manufacturing, School of Business Administration, Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI, USA), Mahesh Raisinghani (School of Management,
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, USA), Pierluigi Rippa (Department of
Business and Managerial Engineering, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli,
Italy)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The goal of this research was to
study the political strategies utilized in the context of E-Learning. The
research is based on the E-Learning Political Strategies (ELPoS) model. The
model is based on two dimensions: (1) the direction of the political strategy
(upward or downward) and (2) the scope of the political strategy (individual or
group based). The model assumes that the interaction between these dimensions
will define four different types of E-Learning political strategies, which, in
turn, will lead to different outcomes. The model is presented in the context of
the literature on E-Learning and is accompanied with four short case studies
that demonstrate its political strategies. The discussion and conclusions
section integrates the findings from the case studies and outlines the rules that
govern the utilization of political E-Learning strategies in different
organizational contexts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To obtain a copy of the entire
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-e-learning/112102" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/article/the-politics-of-e-learning/112102</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">To read a PDF sample of this
article, click on the link below.<br>
<a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112102" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=112102</span></a></span></p>
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"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
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line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For full copies of the above
articles, check for this issue of the <b>International 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> database: <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/isj</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Mission of IJEP:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Indices of IJEP:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Bacon's Media Directory</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">DBLP</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Google Scholar</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">INSPEC</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">JournalTOCs</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">MediaFinder</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS International)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">The Index of Information Systems Journals</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">The Standard Periodical Directory</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Ulrich's Periodicals Directory</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Worldwide Political Abstracts (WPSA)</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Coverage of IJEP:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The International Journal of
E-Politics (IJEP) 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:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">E-voting and electronically enabled e-government</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Impact of globalization on the political role played by
the IT unit within organizations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Impact of race and gender on electronically enabled
political manipulations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Party politics and social activism</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Politics of diffusion of change within organizations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Politics of social networking communities, including:
learning communities, customers' communities, e-dating communities, gaming
communities, support group communities, etc.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Politics of the IT function and role in organizations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Politics of virtual communities and social networking
communities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Politics of geographically based virtual communities</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation
and harassment</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Use of electronic media in industrial and labor
relations</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Utilization of electronic media for governance and
politicking at the municipal, state, national, and international levels</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Utilization of electronic media for political debate,
information sharing, political decision making, and fundraising</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Interested authors should consult
the journal's manuscript submission guidelines <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal">-- <br></p><div><span name="x"></span> <br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Celia Romm Livermore (PhD) </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Editor-in-Chief </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Wayne State University </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Detroit, MI, 48202, USA </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">ak1667@wayne.edu </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">www.igi-global.com/IJEP </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>