To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the internet in American democracy, Bruce Bimber sets the contemporary information revolution in historical context, asserting that past developments in American history offer important lessons for understanding how the internet is affecting politics. He examines how citizens and organizations use it for political purposes and is especially interested as to whether new technology is making Americans more engaged in their government. This study about the internet and politics combines historical and survey analysis with case studies of political events.
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"Bimber offers a thesis that is finely tuned and evidence that is fascinating in its in-depth examination of the use of new technology by groups. Information and American Democracy is an important book, one that should be read by every student of political communication as well as by those only more casually interested in the political implications of new technology." Political Science Quarterly
"Information and American Democracy has the virtues of careful scholarship, impressive consstruction of argument, and a close eye to the detail of political affairs...its referencing and methodology are exemplary." American Journal of Sociology
"Bimber judiciously argues that changes in core technology have organizational and behavioral consequences. Avoiding technological determinism, he makes a convincing case.... Highly recommended." Choice
"Information and American Democracy has the virtues of careful scholarship, impressive consstruction of argument, and a close eye to the detail of political affairs...its referencing and methodology are exemplary." American Journal of Sociology
"Bimber judiciously argues that changes in core technology have organizational and behavioral consequences. Avoiding technological determinism, he makes a convincing case.... Highly recommended." Choice
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To provide a comprehensive evaluation of the internet in American democracy, Bruce Bimber sets contemporary information revolution in historical context, asserting that past developments in American history offer important lessons for understanding how the internet is affecting politics. He examines cases of citizens and organizations using it for political purposes and is especially interested as to whether new technology is making Americans more engaged in their government. This study about the internet and politics to combines historical analysis with case studies of political events.
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contemporary information revolution, fourth information revolution, postbureaucratic forms, postbureaucratic organization, third information revolution, political intermediation, new information environment, information abundance, information regime, first information revolution, second information revolution, contemporary information technology, political intermediaries, collective action organizations, political information, political communication, informational terms, traditional lobbying Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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contemporary information revolution, fourth information revolution, postbureaucratic forms, postbureaucratic organization, third information revolution, political intermediation, new information environment, information abundance, information regime, first information revolution, second information revolution, contemporary information technology, political intermediaries, collective action organizations, political information, political communication, informational terms, traditional lobbying Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Million Mom March, Environmental Defense, Libertarian Party, Washington Post, Defenders of Wildlife, Diane Johnson, Cambridge University Press, Joe Gardner, World Wildlife Fund, White House, San Francisco, University of Chicago Press, Action Network, Michael Schudson, Princeton University Press, Save Our Environment Coalition, Sierra Club, Vice President, Civil War, Federal Reserve, Handgun Control, Harvard University Press, New Haven New!
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