An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorCrossland, Maria
dc.contributor.authorChigona, Wallace
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-23T07:25:05Z
dc.date.available2018-03-23T07:25:05Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-01-14T08:37:46Z
dc.description.abstractThe political communication environment worldwide has been transformed by the Internet with websites providing opportunities for affordable information dissemination and reception. Internationally, a party contesting an election without a website seems impossible today. This exploratory study examines the use of websites by political parties during the 2009 South African elections and investigates the functionality offered by the websites as well as how effectively this functionality is delivered. The study analysed the websites of both large and small political parties. It is worth noting that in spite of the lower Internet penetration rates in South Africa, the majority of political parties contesting the 2009 elections had websites. The study shows that the websites of the larger parties generally offer more functionality than those of the smaller parties, supporting the view of ‘normalisation’ of party competition in cyberspace. However, an analysis of the delivery of the content does not confirm the normalisation effects.
dc.identifier.apacitationCrossland, M., & Chigona, W. (2010). An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa. <i>South African Journal of Information Management</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27703en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCrossland, Maria, and Wallace Chigona "An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa." <i>South African Journal of Information Management</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27703en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCrossland, M., & Chigona, W. (2010). An evaluation of the functionality and delivery of websites of political parties in South Africa. SA Journal of Information Management, 12(1), 5-pages.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Crossland, Maria AU - Chigona, Wallace AB - The political communication environment worldwide has been transformed by the Internet with websites providing opportunities for affordable information dissemination and reception. Internationally, a party contesting an election without a website seems impossible today. This exploratory study examines the use of websites by political parties during the 2009 South African elections and investigates the functionality offered by the websites as well as how effectively this functionality is delivered. The study analysed the websites of both large and small political parties. It is worth noting that in spite of the lower Internet penetration rates in South Africa, the majority of political parties contesting the 2009 elections had websites. The study shows that the websites of the larger parties generally offer more functionality than those of the smaller parties, supporting the view of ‘normalisation’ of party competition in cyberspace. However, an analysis of the delivery of the content does not confirm the normalisation effects. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Information Management LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa TI - An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27703 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27703
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCrossland M, Chigona W. An Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa. South African Journal of Information Management. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27703.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Information Management
dc.source.urihttps://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm
dc.subject.otherInformation dissemination
dc.subject.otherInformation reception
dc.subject.otherOnline campaigning
dc.subject.otherPolitical parties
dc.subject.otherVoter communication
dc.subject.otherUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn Evaluation of the Functionality and Delivery of Websites of Political Parties in South Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
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