Date of Award

1-1-2010

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Content Description

1 online resource (iii, 130 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Steven Seidman

Committee Members

Steven Sediman, Richard Lachmann, Ronald Jacobs

Keywords

computer mediated communications, critical theory, ethnography, political culture, political sociology, political third-parties, Third parties (United States politics), Internet in political campaigns, Internet, Online social networks

Subject Categories

American Studies | Communication | Sociology

Abstract

This is an ethnographic study conducted upon third-party sociopolitical movements in American society. The research included participant observation in a Midwestern State Green Party, in addition to the Populist Party of America: a micro-party based in Los Angeles.

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