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British political parties and their web pages

Caroline Auty (Library, House of Lords)
David Nicholas (The Internet Studies Research Group, Department of Information Science, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB)

Aslib Proceedings

ISSN: 0001-253X

Article publication date: 1 October 1998

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Abstract

The General Election of 1997 was marked by much political activity on the web. An analysis of 20 party web sites a year later on shows that most parties have kept a web presence although few are really capitalising upon the web technologies. Sites are too often stale, out of date and predictable. In no way can cyberdemocracy be seen to have arrived; the web is too often just a publishing vehicle and communication is largely one way. The smaller parties are proving to be the most innovative.

Citation

Auty, C. and Nicholas, D. (1998), "British political parties and their web pages", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 50 No. 10, pp. 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051507

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