Throughout history mass media has affected political campaigns. Through radio, television, and most recently the Internet, candidates have used these media as a means of spreading political beliefs. We investigated the historical aspects of the earlier two media, and then applied the Internet to a Congressional campaign to determine its effects on the election. By examining our case study, we concluded that the Internet, although beneficial to a campaign, has not reached the magnitude of influence of its predecessors.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Venios, Speros Christopher
• Spellacy, Christopher William

Subject

• Computing
• Community
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D066I

Keyword

• Interactive multimedia
• History
• Internet--Social aspects

Advisor

• Gray, Deborah E.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright