Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI)

The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet was a research think tank in the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. Its mission was to promote the use of the Internet and new communication technologies in politics to enhance democratic values, encourage citizen participation, and improve governance. The institute is now defunct.

The institute produced a number of reports, most of which are archived here.

• Barko, J., & Wells, K. (Eds.). (2004). The Political Consultants' Online Fundraising Primer. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Cornfield, M. (2002). Online Campaigning 2002: A Primer. Washington, D.C.: Institue for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Cornfield, M., & Rainie, L. (2003). Untuned Keyboards: Online Campaigners, Citizens, and Portals in the 2002 Elections. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Cornfield, M., & Seiger, J. (2003). The net and the nomination. Washington, D.C.: Institude for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Darr, C., & Graf, J. (Eds.). (2007). Poli-fluentials: The New Political Kingmakers. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Darr, C., & Barko, J. (2004). Under the Radar and Over the Top: Online Political Videos in the 2004 Election. Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Darr, C., Barko, J., & Robinson, B. (2004). Putting Online Influentials to work for your campaign. Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Democracy Online Project. (2000). Online campaigning: A Primer. (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Democracy Online Project.
• Graf, J. (2006). Donors and Fundraising in the 2004 Presidental Campaigns. National Civic Review, 95(3), 35-41. 
• Graf, J., Reeher, G., Malbin, M. J., & Panagopoulos, C. (2006). Small Donors and Online Giving: A Study of Donors to the 2004 Presidential Campaigns. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Graf, J. (2006). The Audience for Political Blogs: New Research on Blog Readership. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Graf, J. (2004). Nonpartisan Political Web Sites: Best Practices Primer. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Graf, J. (2004). Pioneers in Online Politics: Nonpartisan Political Web Sites in the 2000 Campaign. Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet.
• Graf, J., & Darr, C. (2004). Political Influentials Online in the 2004 Presidential Campaign. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, The George Washington University.