Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
1999
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Reed College of Media
Department
Reed College of Media
Committee Chair
Ralph E. Hanson.
Abstract
The topic for this thesis examines the utilization of senatorial websites by United States Senators as a new communication tool. Three different areas of content will be examined: informational content, interactive content and audio-visual content. Those three areas will be used to examine the differences between Senators in several different ways: gender and race, party affiliation, length of service in the senate, region of the country they represent, urban and rural states, and age of the Senators. The results showed 6 significant findings in the areas of content: Democrats had more informational content; Northern Senators had the best and Midwestern Senators had the least audio-visual content; newer Senators in the senate had more informational content; and younger Senators had more informational, interactive, and total content.
Recommended Citation
Gwilliam, Melody Kay, "Politicians and the Internet" (1999). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 895.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/895