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Home Online Program » Receptions » Program Please note: all information presented below is subject to change. Information Technology and Politics 40-3   Legislatures and Internet Use: Governing and Campaigning   Date: Saturday, Sep 5, 4:15 PM   Location: Meeting has passed. Consult Final Program for locations. Co-sponsored by 38-17 Chair: Geoffery William Seaver IRM College, seaverg@ndu.edu Author(s): Representation as Communication: An Analysis of the Information Environment of Local Government Elected Officials Michael J. Jensen University of California, Irvine, mjensen@uci.edu Timeless Strategy Meets New Medium: Going Negative on Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006 Michael Parkin Oberlin College, michael.parkin@oberlin.edu   James N. Druckman   Northwestern University, druckman@northwestern.edu   Martin Kifer   University of Minnesota, kife0003@umn.edu Would You Ask Turkeys to Mandate Thanksgiving? The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency J.H. Snider iSolon.org, snider@isolon.org Diffusion of Web Innovations among Members of Congress Kevin M. Esterling University of California, Riverside, kevin.esterling@ucr.edu   David Lazer   Harvard University, davelazer@gmail.com   Michael Neblo   Ohio State University, neblo.1@osu.edu Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and Congressional Elections 2006, 2008 Christine B. Williams Bentley University, cwilliams@bentley.edu   Girish J. Gulati   Bentley College, JGulati@bentley.edu Discussant(s): Joel D. Bloom SUNY, University at Albany, joeldbloom@gmail.com