From the Courts to the Campaign Trail: An Analysis of County Prosecutors’ Websites
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Department
Political Science
Major
Political Science, Economics
Abstract
In this study, I examine how county prosecutors’ websites present information to their constituencies. To do so, I conducted both a descriptive and explanatory analysis of 73 prosecutors’ webpages in California and Arizona. In my descriptive analysis, I find that prosecutors’ websites vary widely in presented services and have few consistent features. In my explanatory analysis, I find that population is a significant predictor of the webpages’ content. Thus, the correlation of the features of prosecutors’ websites with the population of a county suggests that access to information and services may be contingent upon population size and draws into question the equity of representation between populations of different sizes.
Faculty Mentor
Brian Newman
Location
Plaza Classroom 191
Start Date
24-3-2017 3:45 PM
End Date
24-3-2017 4:00 PM
From the Courts to the Campaign Trail: An Analysis of County Prosecutors’ Websites
Plaza Classroom 191
In this study, I examine how county prosecutors’ websites present information to their constituencies. To do so, I conducted both a descriptive and explanatory analysis of 73 prosecutors’ webpages in California and Arizona. In my descriptive analysis, I find that prosecutors’ websites vary widely in presented services and have few consistent features. In my explanatory analysis, I find that population is a significant predictor of the webpages’ content. Thus, the correlation of the features of prosecutors’ websites with the population of a county suggests that access to information and services may be contingent upon population size and draws into question the equity of representation between populations of different sizes.