Ben Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 6506643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | BEN EPSTEIN |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2026-1163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Two decades of e-government diffusion among local governments in the United States
Do squeaky wheels get the grease? Understanding when and how municipalities respond to online requests
Citizens often attempt to interact with government through online modes of communication such as email and social media. Using an audit study, we examine when and how American municipalities with populations of over 50,000 respond to online requests for information. We develop baselines for municipal responsiveness, including the average rate, time, and quality of responses, and examine whether these response attributes vary based on the mode of …
The (surprisingly interesting) story of e-mail in the 2016 presidential election
There was more discussion of e-mails and e-mail servers in the 2016 election than any previous campaign. Yet, practically no attention was paid to the actual e-mails distributed by campaigns themselves. This study explores how presidential campaigns used e-mail as a strategic tool during the 2016 election. We collected and analyzed e-mails from all major party candidates over 10 months leading up to election day. The campaigns were organized into…
Wait, Haven’t We Been Here Before? A Method for Using History to Help Political Communication Scholarship
In many ways, the pace of political communication change is moving at breakneck speed. Between social media platforms, data analytics, algorithms, bots, deep fakes, disinformation campaigns, and co
Media and politics in a globalizing world
Campaign Klout
This study seeks to understand the efficacy of online political campaign communication. We do this by measuring the changes in online influence of political candidates by utilizing Klout, a new, publicly available measure incorporating a variety of behaviors online. We collected daily Klout data of nearly all major congressional and presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle and compare them to other traditional measures of online infl…
Drugs 'R' Us
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The Integrating Technology in the Classroom track provided valuable insights into both the benefits of incorporating technology into undergraduate political science classrooms and the concerns these interventions can generate. The benefits discussed by the track's 24 participants were numerous and varied, ranging from enhancing participation in very large lecture classes to increasing students' “political Internet literacy” and public trust in go…
Two decades of e-government diffusion among local governments in the United States
Campaign Klout
This study seeks to understand the efficacy of online political campaign communication. We do this by measuring the changes in online influence of political candidates by utilizing Klout, a new, publicly available measure incorporating a variety of behaviors online. We collected daily Klout data of nearly all major congressional and presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle and compare them to other traditional measures of online infl…
Do squeaky wheels get the grease? Understanding when and how municipalities respond to online requests
Citizens often attempt to interact with government through online modes of communication such as email and social media. Using an audit study, we examine when and how American municipalities with populations of over 50,000 respond to online requests for information. We develop baselines for municipal responsiveness, including the average rate, time, and quality of responses, and examine whether these response attributes vary based on the mode of …
Wait, Haven’t We Been Here Before? A Method for Using History to Help Political Communication Scholarship
In many ways, the pace of political communication change is moving at breakneck speed. Between social media platforms, data analytics, algorithms, bots, deep fakes, disinformation campaigns, and co
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The Integrating Technology in the Classroom track provided valuable insights into both the benefits of incorporating technology into undergraduate political science classrooms and the concerns these interventions can generate. The benefits discussed by the track's 24 participants were numerous and varied, ranging from enhancing participation in very large lecture classes to increasing students' “political Internet literacy” and public trust in go…
Drugs 'R' Us
Campaign Klout
This study seeks to understand the efficacy of online political campaign communication. We do this by measuring the changes in online influence of political candidates by utilizing Klout, a new, publicly available measure incorporating a variety of behaviors online. We collected daily Klout data of nearly all major congressional and presidential campaigns during the 2012 election cycle and compare them to other traditional measures of online infl…
Media and politics in a globalizing world
The (surprisingly interesting) story of e-mail in the 2016 presidential election
There was more discussion of e-mails and e-mail servers in the 2016 election than any previous campaign. Yet, practically no attention was paid to the actual e-mails distributed by campaigns themselves. This study explores how presidential campaigns used e-mail as a strategic tool during the 2016 election. We collected and analyzed e-mails from all major party candidates over 10 months leading up to election day. The campaigns were organized into…
Wait, Haven’t We Been Here Before? A Method for Using History to Help Political Communication Scholarship
In many ways, the pace of political communication change is moving at breakneck speed. Between social media platforms, data analytics, algorithms, bots, deep fakes, disinformation campaigns, and co
Do squeaky wheels get the grease? Understanding when and how municipalities respond to online requests
Citizens often attempt to interact with government through online modes of communication such as email and social media. Using an audit study, we examine when and how American municipalities with populations of over 50,000 respond to online requests for information. We develop baselines for municipal responsiveness, including the average rate, time, and quality of responses, and examine whether these response attributes vary based on the mode of …
Two decades of e-government diffusion among local governments in the United States
Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Internet privacy (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)