IPolitics: citizens, elections, and governing in the new media era

Introduction: politics in the new media era / Richard L. Fox and Jennifer M. Ramos

Section I. The Shifting Media Universe and News Consumers: 1. More sources, better informed public? new media and political knowledge / Zoe M. Oxley; 2. Rethinking television's relationship to politics in the post-network era / Jeffrey Jones; 3. Interplay: political blogging and journalism / Richard Davis

Section II. Campaigns and Elections in the New Media Environment: 4. YouTube and TV advertising campaigns: Obama versus McCain in 2008 / Anne Crigler, Marion Just, Lauren Hume, Jesse Mills, and Parker Hevron; 5. The rise of web campaigning in Finland / Tom Carlson and Kim Strandberg; 6. E-campaigns in Old Europe: observations from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland / Urs Gasser and Jan Gerlach

Section III. Civic Mobilization and Governance in the New Information Age: 7. Preaching to the choir or converting the flock: presidential communication strategies in the age of three medias / Matthew A. Baum; 8. Twitter and Facebook: new ways for members of Congress to send the same old messages? / Jennifer L. Lawless; 9. The dog that didn't bark: Obama, Netroots Progressives, and healthcare reform / Matthew R. Kerbel; 10. New media and political change: lessons from internet users in Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait / Deborah L. Wheeler and Lauren Mintz.