The European Political Sociology Research Group
The Political Internet Watch
are convening their
2nd international colloquium
30-31 March 2001
Institut d'Etudes Politiques - 47, avenue de la Forêt Noire - 67082 Strasbourg
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FORMULAIRE D'INSCRIPTION -- REGISTRATION FORM
Friday, March 30 - Lecture Hall 324
9h 00 : Registration of participants
10h00 : Opening address
Renaud Dorandeu, professor of Government, Former Head of the Strasbourg Political Science Institute, Assistant Head of Studies at the National School for Government, director of the European Political Sociology Research Group.
Session 1
: Methodological choicesModerator : Jean-Paul Constantin, Head of the Languages and Communication Department, E.N.A. (National School for Government)
10h30 : Keynote address : " The State of Internet Research "
Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor of American Civilization, Université d’Orléans.
11h00 : " Megabyte Politics : Online Action in the US 2000 Elections "
Kirsten A. Foot, Fulbright scholar, University of Helsinki, Finland.
12h00 : Discussion
12h30-14h30 : Lunch
Session 2 : Multi-Party Overviews
Moderator : Jean-Mathieu Méon, Political Science Instructor and PhD candidate
14h30 : " Politics@Japan "
Leslie Tkach, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
15h00 : " How Parties Are Using the Web in the 2001 Italian
Elections "
Mattia Miani, University of Bologna
15h30 : Discussion
15h45 : Coffee break
Session 3 : Case Studies (1)
16h00 : " Online Political Identity : The 2001 Local Elections in France "
Rémi Lefèbvre, Nathalie Ethuin, Université de Lille 2
16h30 : " A Different Kind of e-publican : the Campaign of George W. Bush for
President "
Wesley Wilson, University of Austin, Texas
17h00 : Discussion
20h00 : Dinner in the old city
Saturday, March 31 - Lecture Hall 318
9h00 – 9h30 : Registration
Session 4 : Case studies (2)
Moderator : Valérie Lozac'h, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Strasbourg Political Science Institute9h30 : " Showdown on the Internet : The Aesthetics of Al Gore’s and George W. Bush’s
2000 Campaign Sites "
Viviane Serfaty, Strasbourg Political Science Institute
10h00 : " The Resistible Rise of e-satire : The 2001 Italian Elections"
Anne Marijnen, Université de Paris VIII
10h 30 : Discussion
Coffee break
Session 5 : Case studies (3)
11h00 : " Gaining Hispanic Votes : The Spanish Versions of Al Gore’s and George W.
Bush’s Internet sites "
Caroline Dominguès, Université de Lille 2
11h30 : " Virtual Commons : Contribution to the Definition of a Local Netizen Political
Space. A Comparative French/US Approach.
Bruno Villalba, Université de Lille2
Stanislas Magniant, Online Strategy and Political Communication Consultant
12h00 : Discussion
12h30 : Lunch
Session 6 : Impact Studies
Moderator : Anne Leguilly, Vice-President of Université Marc-Bloch (Strasbourg II)14h30 : " Strategic Voting : How the Internet Increased Voter Participation "
Carrie Konold, University of Michigan.
15h00 : " Internet : A New Multidimensional Communication Tool "
Hélène Yildiz, Université de Nancy 2
15h30 : Discussion
Coffee break
16h00 : Synthesis of colloquium - Research perspectives
Ophélie Neimann, "Introducing Regional Newspapers on the Internet" -
Nicolas Wiesel, "Football supporters' newsgroups"
17h00 : End of colloquium