This is the first edited volume to put the emerging field of web history on the agenda of
internet research. Sixteen original chapters investigate how the use of the web has …

This article argues that the use of the Web as a primary source for studying the history of
nations is conditioned by the structural ties between sovereignty and the Internet protocol …

For historians, and researchers in many other humanities disciplines, web archives remain
largely an unknown, and certainly underused, primary source. Even within digital …

Political behaviour increasingly takes place on digital platforms, where people are
presented with a range of social information—real-time feedback about the behaviour of …

What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to
what extent does and can political analysis contribute to solutions? Debates about the …

With its seemingly limitless scope, the World Wide Web promises enormous advantages,
along with enormous problems, to researchers who seek to use it as a source of data …

This paper illustrates whether the availability of online content of local interest affects the
likelihood of individuals to connect to the internet and spend more time online. While the …

This article explores how archived Web sources can be used for historical studies of an
entire national Web domain and its development over time. It presents the methodological …

Despite the importance of interregional trade for building effective regional economic
policies, there are very few hard data to illustrate such interdependencies. We propose here …

This study examines the use of visual data analytics as a method for historical investigation
of national Webs, using Web archives. It empirically analyzes all graphically designed (non …