The Usage of Online Collaboration Platforms by Parties
Strengthening the "Party on the Ground" or the "Party in Central Office
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3654008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharina Hanel (corresponding author), Stefan Marschall (0000-0002-7621-6399) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 27-42 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/gps.2013.310302 |
| OpenAlex | W2323838995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Facing linkage problems, parties in Germany have started to respond to a changing media environment by reforming their internal structures of opinion forming and decision making, inter alia reacting to the rise of the social web and the successes of the Pirate Party whose party organization is to a large extent "digitalized". Whether and how established parties implement and adapt Internet tools, i.e., whether these could contribute to more participation of the "party on the ground" or whether they strengthen the "party in central office" is the focus of this article. The case study on the employment of an online platform for drafting a motion for the party convention of the German Social Democrats in December 2011 reveals that the "party in central office" controlled the online procedure as well as the processing of the results to a remarkable extent-thereby constraining the participatory potential of the tool. At the same time, the case study indicates a quality of online collaboration platforms that might limit the instrumentalization of these tools by the party elites in the long run and possibly re-empower the "party on the ground
Business · Citizen journalism · Convention · Democracy · German · Party platform · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Public Administration and Political Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |