The Prospect Of Internet Democracy

Author : Michael Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317018818
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prospect of Internet Democracy written by Michael Margolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs. The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic governance.

Author : Peter M. Shane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135934177
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy Online written by Peter M. Shane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a multidisciplinary approach that they identify as a "cyber-realist research agenda," the contributors to this volume examine the prospects for electronic democracy in terms of its form and practice--while avoiding the pitfall of treating the benefits of electronic democracy as being self-evident. The debates question what electronic democracy needs to accomplish in order to revitalize democracy and what the current state of electronic democracy can teach us about the challenges and opportunities for implementing democratic technology initiatives.

Author : Michael Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317018826
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prospect of Internet Democracy written by Michael Margolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internet opens up new opportunities for citizens to organize and mobilize for action but it also provides new channels that established political, social and economic interests can use to extend their powers. Will the internet revolutionize politics? The Prospect of Internet Democracy is a rich and detailed exploration of the theoretical implications of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICTs) for democratic theory. Focusing in particular on how political uses of the internet have affected or seem likely to affect patterns of influence among citizens, interest groups and political institutions, the authors examine whether the internet's impact on democratic politics is destined to repeat the history of other innovative ICTs. The volume explores the likely long-term effects of such uses on the conduct of politics in the USA and other nations that declare themselves modern democracies and assesses the extent to which they help or hinder viable democratic governance.

Author : Nathaniel Persily
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108835554
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Media and Democracy written by Nathaniel Persily and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Author : Peter Ferdinand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136332596
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Internet, Democracy and Democratization written by Peter Ferdinand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet is transforming relations between states and citizens. This study gives examples of how it is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes. It is also used by marginalized anti-democratic groups such as neo-Nazis.

Author : Juliann Emmons Allison
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791489299
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology, Development, and Democracy written by Juliann Emmons Allison and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology, Development, and Democracy examines the growing role of the Internet in international affairs, from a source of mostly officially sanctioned information, to a venue where knowledge is often merged with political propaganda, rhetoric and innuendo. The Internet not only provides surfers with up-to-the-minute stories, including sound and visual images, and opportunities to interact with one another and experts on international issues, but also enables anyone with access to a computer, modem, and telephone line to influence international affairs directly. What does this portend for the future of international politics? The contributors respond by providing theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses for understanding the impact of the communications revolution on international security, the world political economy, human rights, and gender relations. Internet technologies are evaluated as sources of change or continuity, and as contributors to either conflict or cooperation among nations. While the Internet and its related technologies hold no greater, certain prospect for positive change than previous technological advances, they arguably do herald significant advances for democracy, the democratization process, and international peace.

Author : Jan A.G.M. van Dijk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351110691
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Internet and Democracy in the Network Society written by Jan A.G.M. van Dijk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal shift has taken place in the relationship between Internet usage and politics. At the turn of the century, it was presumed that digital communication would produce many positive political effects like improvements to political information retrieval, support for public debate and community formation or even enhancements in citizen participation in political decision-making. While there have been positive effects, negative effects have also occurred including fake news and other political disinformation, social media appropriation by terrorists and extremists, ‘echo-chambers’ and "filter bubbles", elections influenced by hostile hackers and campaign manipulation by micro-targeting marketing. It is time for critical re-evaluation. Designed to encourage critical thinking on the part of the student, internationally recognized experts, Jan A.G.M. van Dijk and Kenneth Hacker, chronicle the political significance of new communication technologies for the promotion of democracy over the last two decades. Drawing upon structuration theory and network theory and real-world case studies from across the globe, the book is logically structured around the following topics: Political Participation and Inclusion Habermas and the Reconstruction of Public Space Media and Democracy in Authoritarian States Democracy and the Internet in China E-government and democracy Views of democracy and Internet use Underpinned by up-to-date literature, this important textbook is aimed at students and scholars of communication studies, political science, sociology, political communication, and international relations.

Author : Barry N. Hague
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134642423
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Democracy written by Barry N. Hague and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Democracy considers how technological developments might combine with underlying social, economic and political conditions to produce new vehicles for democratic practice. The growth of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet, alongside growing concerns about the failure of advanced societies to live up to the democratic idea, has produced much interest in the prospects for a digital democracy. This book will provide invaluable reading for those studying social policy, politics and sociology as well as for policy analysts, social scientists and computer scientists.

Author : Graeme Browning
Publisher : Information Today
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electronic Democracy written by Graeme Browning and published by Information Today. This book was released on 1996 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning computer owners into online activists by explaining how to be powerful players in the political process, this book teaches how to organize e-mail campaigns within congressional districts; access a wealth of information that will impact politicians at the localm state and federal levels; monitor law-makers' coting records; and track campaign financing and contributions.

Author : Uta Kohl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107142946
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Net and the Nation State written by Uta Kohl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the nation state survive the internet? Or will the internet be territorially fragmented along state boundaries? This book investigates these questions.