This is a follow up study to a 2000 report, which measured and compared Illinois state legislators attitudes and perceptions toward constituent e-mail, and its impact on personal political agendas. Along with measuring attitudes, this study sought to measure and compare the impact of advances in e-mail technology on Illinois legislators use of e-mail as a political tool of communication. The panel comparison consisted of 59% of respondents who participated in both the 2000 and the 2004 study. A survey conducted in February 2000 showed that 89% of Illinois legislators had an active e-mail address, but only 65% of those legislators agreed that they were using e-mail to communicate with constituents, albeit very infrequently. Legislators inability to determine the origin of e-mail negatively affected constituent e-mails impact on legislators personal political agendas. Despite this minimal impact, legislators indicated a strong future reliance on e-mail as a form of communication. Improvements in e-mail technology, especially filtering systems like Echo-mail, could greatly affect legislators attitudes and perceptions, thus changing constituent e-mails impact on legislators political agendas. This study aspires to gauge the impact of advancing e-mail technology on Illinois legislators perceptions and attitudes toward constituent e-mail.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-03312005-144110 |
| Date | 04 April 2005 |
| Creators | Sheffer, Mary Louise |
| Contributors | Louis Day, Kirby Goidel, James Garand, Ralph Izard, Timothy Cook, Ronald Niedrich |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-03312005-144110/ |
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