<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><h1>Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 6(1)</h1>
The contents of the latest issue of:<br><b>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b><br>Volume 6, Issue 1, January - March 2015<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">www.igi-global.com/ijep</a><br><br><p>Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Celia Romm Livermore (Wayne State University, USA), Yasmin Ibrahim
(Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom)</p><i>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.<br><br></i><p><b>ARTICLE 1</b></p><p>Using Twitter in Political Campaigns: The Case of the PRI Candidate in Mexico</p><p>Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan (Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM), Toluca, México)</p><p>Social
media has invaded elections in Mexico. However, the power of citizens
through the use of this platform is still unknown. Many citizens
criticize political candidates using Twitter, others build networks and
some others try to collaborate with candidates. This research is focused
in understanding this kind of behavior, analyzing the case of the
presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI) in Mexico who won the
presidency with a large participation but without the support of Twitter
users. After two online protests against this presidential candidate -
#IamnotProletariat and #Iam132 – political image could have been
undermined and voters could have thought differently. But this was not
the case and despite of this, the candidate won. The challenge to
understand this online protest and its link to the political campaign is
addressed in this paper.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/using-twitter-in-political-campaigns/124889" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/using-twitter-in-political-campaigns/124889</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124889" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124889</a></p><p><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124889" target="_blank"><br></a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 2</b></p><p>Twitplomacy: Social Media as a New Platform for Development of Public Diplomacy</p><p>Shumin
Su (Department of International Politics, School of Law and Politics,
Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, China), Mark Xu
(Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, UK)</p><p>Social media, underpinned by mobile devices and
smart-technology, is rapidly changing the way how people communicate. In
the context of public diplomacy, micro-blogging-based diplomacy, e.g.
Twitplomacy is emerging. Twitplomacy has been carried out by not only
the central government of a state and relevant organizations, but also
millions individuals globally. Twitplomacy has been seen as a new
platform expanding the channels of public diplomacy. Its impact on
diplomacy policy and international relations tends to be huge but too
early to know and difficult to quantify. This paper uses microblogs
collected from United States Embassy in China, examined the
characteristics and functions of Twitplomacy, the participants and the
motivation, as well as the effect of Twitplomacy. The results are
insightful to both researchers and practitioners in the community of
diplomacy and international relations.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/twitplomacy/124890" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/twitplomacy/124890</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124890" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124890</a></p><p><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124890" target="_blank"><br></a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 3</b></p><p>Tweeting Negative: Determinants of Negative Campaigning in the 2011 Gubernatorial Elections</p><p>Marija
Anna Bekafigo (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS,
USA), Allison Clark Pingley (University of South Carolina, Spartanburg,
SC, USA)</p><p>The use of negative ads in traditional election campaigns
has been well-documented, but the authors know little about the use of
Twitter to “go negative.” They content analyze candidate tweets from
four different gubernatorial elections in 2011 to understand how
candidates are using Twitter. They coded 849 tweets to explain the
determinants of “going negative” on Twitter. The results show that while
tweets are overwhelmingly positive, candidates go negative by tweeting
about policy. They believe this supports the innovation hypothesis, with
Twitter being a more conducive forum for policy-based messages. Other
determinants of negative campaigning such as competitiveness of the race
and campaign funding were consistent with the normalization hypothesis.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/tweeting-negative/124891" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/tweeting-negative/124891</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124891" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124891</a></p><p><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124891" target="_blank"><br></a></p><p><b>ARTICLE 4</b></p><p>From Street Protests to Facebook Campaigns: Political Cynicism, Efficacy and Online Political Engagement of Sri Lankan Students</p><p>Chamil Rathnayake (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA)</p><p>This
study examines effects of political cynicism and efficacy on online
political engagement of Sri Lankan undergraduates. A survey was
conducted among 155 Sri Lankan undergraduates that support the views of
the Inter-University Student Federation (IUSF), an evidently
anti-government student movement that claims to be dedicated to
protecting free education in the country. Initial analysis showed that
respondents were highly cynical (mean: 4.49 on a 1 to 5 scale). The
study hypothesized that both political cynicism and efficacy exert a
positive impact on online political engagement of respondents. The study
also tested the effects of two moderators (extent of Facebook use, and
the year of study). Results showed that political cynicism exerts a
positive impact (standardized coefficient:.274, p:.000) on online
political engagement, and this effect is positively moderated by the
extent of Facebook use (standardized coefficient:.261, p:.000). Results
also showed that internal political efficacy is not a significant
predictor of the dependent variable.</p><p>To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/article/from-street-protests-to-facebook-campaigns/124892" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/article/from-street-protests-to-facebook-campaigns/124892</a></p><p>To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.<br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124892" target="_blank">www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124892</a></p><p><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=124892" target="_blank"><br></a></p><hr class="hr">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">www.igi-global.com/isj</a>.<hr class="hr"><p><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></p><p>Mission of IJEP:</p><p>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>Indices of IJEP:</p><ul><li>Bacon's Media Directory</li><li>DBLP</li><li>Google Scholar</li><li>INSPEC</li><li>JournalTOCs</li><li>MediaFinder</li><li>Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS International)</li><li>The Index of Information Systems Journals</li><li>The Standard Periodical Directory</li><li>Ulrich's Periodicals Directory</li><li>Worldwide Political Abstracts (WPSA)</li></ul><p>Coverage of IJEP:</p><p>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:<br><br></p><ul><li>E-voting and electronically enabled e-government</li><li>Impact of globalization on the political role played by the IT unit within organizations</li><li>Impact of race and gender on electronically enabled political manipulations</li><li>Party politics and social activism</li><li>Politics of diffusion of change within organizations</li><li>Politics of social networking communities, including: learning
communities, customers' communities, e-dating communities, gaming
communities, support group communities, etc.</li><li>Politics of the IT function and role in organizations</li><li>Politics of virtual communities and social networking communities</li><li>Politics of geographically based virtual communities</li><li>Use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and harassment</li><li>Use of electronic media in industrial and labor relations</li><li>Utilization of electronic media for governance and politicking at the municipal, state, national, and international levels</li><li>Utilization of electronic media for political debate, information sharing, political decision making, and fundraising</li></ul><p>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">www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147</a></p><br><br><div><span name="x"></span><span style="background-color: rgb(67, 237, 237);">Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)<br>Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Dr. Yasmin Ibrahim)<br>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)<br>School of Business Administration<br>Wayne State University - Detroit, MI, 48202, USA<br>IJEP site: www.igi-global.com/IJEP</span><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>