[gov2001-l] Title And Abstract: Tolbert and McNeal

Hello everyone, I'm partnered with Brian Feinstein and Shauna Shames. We propose the following title and abstract. Sincerely, Tyson --- Title Get It Together: Revisiting Tolbert and McNeal's "Unraveling The Effects of the Internet on Political Participation?" Abstract The article entitled, "Unraveling the Effects of the Internet on Political Participation?" appeared in Political Research Quarterly in June 2003 and has been subsequently cited 26 times. The analysis used NES survey data to argue that access to the internet and internet news increases the probability of voting. If true, this finding has significant consequences for predicting the future of American politics. Here, we revisit the original article in order to confirm its results. Unfortunately, we findthat it can no longer be replicated, even by the authors themselves. We therefore aim to retest the article in a fully replicable manner. We begin by accepting all of the article's hypotheses and regenerating its data according to the original procedures. We then test the data with an improved methodology involving matching, multiple imputation, and simulation. Our exact results differ somewhat from those in the original article. However, our conclusion remains the same; Internet access and internet news increase the probability of voting.