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Please pass this on to campaign webmasters and strategists. - SLC ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:06:33 -0500 Social scientists from several universities are studying the development of political campaign websites in the United States, and are interested in the opinions of political technology experts and webmasters. We are running an online survey until the end of November, and are particularly eager to hear about your opinions on the last campaign season in the United States. PLEASE TEACH US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES: http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/surveyd.html ANONYMOUS & VOLUNTARY The survey is anonymous, participation is voluntary, and it should take about 15 minutes to complete. The survey is designed to explore the professional norms of an important new group of political website producers and the changing role of the Web in campaign strategies. The survey does ask you to share your design experiences on specific projects, but these questions are optional. Respondents may prefer to complete the survey from home. If you have colleagues within your organization who helped develop campaign technologies, or if you re a volunteer campaign site producer and know volunteers involved with other campaign sites, please forward this invitation to them. If you receive more than one invitation for this survey, please access the survey via the link in the first invitation you receive. Results will not be used for commercial purposes. CONTENTS There are around 100 questions, but with drop-boxes and radio buttons many questions are easy to answer. There are five sections: Internet Use; Political Campaigns Online; Political Norms; Demographics; Open-ended Questions. Even if you receive several invitations, please only complete the survey once. We are grateful for your assistance with this research, and aggregated results will be made available for those of you who would like to see how political website producers as a whole responded to the questions. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions about the survey. GIFT CERTIFICATE PRIZE For those who complete the survey and wish to be entered, we will randomly select three respondents to win one of three gift certificates for $100 to Amazon.com. The survey system is separate from the lottery system and responses cannot be linked to email addresses. PARTICIPANTS Dr. Philip N. Howard Principal Investigator Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr. Kirsten Foot Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr. Steve Schneider Associate Professor Political Science SUNY Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley Assistant Professor Department of Communication SUNY-Albany [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Human Subjects Division of the University of Washington has certified this survey (approval #02-5118-X). ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***