Organized Section 18: Best Dissertation Award
Information Technology and Politics Section Award Recipients
Best Dissertation Award
The Best Disseration Award recognizes the best dissertation in the area of Information Technology and Politics.
| 2016 | David Benson, Southern Methodist University “The Internet Effect: How Authoritarian Governments use Internet Communication Technologies to Maintain Control of States.” |
| 2015 | Andreas Jungherr, University of Bamberg “The Use of Twitter in the Analysis of Political Phenomena” |
| 2014 | Jun Liu, University of Copenhagen “How Chinese People Use Mobile Phones to Change Politics and Democracy.” |
| 2013 | Leticia Bode, University of Wisconsin and Georgetown University “Political Information 2.0: A Study in Political Learning Via Social Media” |
| 2012 | Daniel Ross, York University “The Political Economy of Free and Open Source Software” (Completed at York University; advised b y George Comninel) |