There is lots of talk about how the Internet and new media are transforming political communication and the political process – however, little talk about another major issue related to this: what are the best research methods to go about studying these changes? Are ‘traditional’ methods from survey analysis of users to content analysis of [...]

Italian politician Antonio di Pietro sets the trend again - today he has announced his party Italia dei Valori has opened a space in Second Life. It’d be interesting to study the impact (if any?) of this move.