Internet Politics

Internet Politics
Author: Andrew Chadwick
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Providing an overview of Internet politics, this work examines the impact of communication technologies on political parties and elections, pressure groups, social movements, public bureaucracies, and global governance.

Electronic Democracy

Electronic Democracy
Author: Graeme Browning
Publisher: Information Today
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

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.

Using the Internet for Political Research

Using the Internet for Political Research
Author: Heather Dawson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2003-09-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 178063059X

This book is a practical guide to using the Internet for political science research. The growth of the Internet means that an increasing amount of political information is becoming available on the web; however, it can often be difficult for users to locate high quality resources. This book shows the reader how to develop effective Internet searching strategies and indicates what is available online. It covers some of the key political science areas, including elections, parliamentary information and political parties, showing how to successively locate and evaluate Internet resources. The book covers political research mainly in the UK, and the USA. - Provides a subject specific approach to Internet research - Includes chapters on key topics such as elections, parliaments, prime ministers and presidents - Contains case studies of typical searches

Internet Freedom and Political Space

Internet Freedom and Political Space
Author: Olesya Tkacheva
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0833080644

The Internet is a new battleground between governments that censor online content and those who advocate Internet freedom. This report examines the implications of Internet freedom for state-society relations in nondemocratic regimes.

Political Internet

Political Internet
Author: Biju P. R.
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2016-11-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315389908

This book investigates the Internet as a site of political contestation in the Indian context. It widens the scope of the public sphere to social media, and explores its role in shaping the resistance and protest movements on the ground. The volume also explores the role of the Internet, a global technology, in framing debates on the idea of the nation state, especially India, as well as diplomacy and international relations. It also discusses the possibility of whether Internet can be used as a tool for social justice and change, particularly by the underprivileged, to go beyond caste, class, gender and other oppressive social structures. A tract for our times, this book will interest scholars and researchers of politics, media studies, popular culture, sociology, international relations as well as the general reader.

The Internet and Politics

The Internet and Politics
Author: Sarah Oates
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2006-03-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134277024

This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing the following central questions: is the Internet qualitatively different from the more traditional forms of the media? has the Internet demonstrated real potential to improve civil society through a wider provision of information, an enhancement of communication between government and citizen, or via better state transparency? does the Internet pose a threat to the coherence of civil society as people are encouraged to abandon shared media experiences and pursue narrow interests? in authoritarian states, does the Internet function as a beacon for free speech or as another tool for propaganda?

Researching Internet Governance

Researching Internet Governance
Author: Laura Denardis
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0262539756

Scholars from a range of disciplines discuss research methods, theories, and conceptual approaches in the study of internet governance. The design and governance of the internet has become one of the most pressing geopolitical issues of our era. The stability of the economy, democracy, and the public sphere are wholly dependent on the stability and security of the internet. Revelations about election hacking, facial recognition technology, and government surveillance have gotten the public's attention and made clear the need for scholarly research that examines internet governance both empirically and conceptually. In this volume, scholars from a range of disciplines consider research methods, theories, and conceptual approaches in the study of internet governance.

Processing Politics

Processing Politics
Author: Doris A. Graber
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0226924769

How often do we hear that Americans are so ignorant about politics that their civic competence is impaired, and that the media are to blame because they do a dismal job of informing the public? Processing Politics shows that average Americans are far smarter than the critics believe. Integrating a broad range of current research on how people learn (from political science, social psychology, communication, physiology, and artificial intelligence), Doris Graber shows that televised presentations—at their best—actually excel at transmitting information and facilitating learning. She critiques current political offerings in terms of their compatibility with our learning capacities and interests, and she considers the obstacles, both economic and political, that affect the content we receive on the air, on cable, or on the Internet. More and more people rely on information from television and the Internet to make important decisions. Processing Politics offers a sound, well-researched defense of these remarkably versatile media, and challenges us to make them work for us in our democracy.

Politicizing Digital Space

Politicizing Digital Space
Author: Trevor Garrison Smith
Publisher: University of Westminster Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1911534416

The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subjectivity, participation, and conflict. Each of these terrains can be configured in a more or less political manner, though the contemporary status quo heavily skews them towards anti-political configuration. Using this understanding of what exactly politics entails, this book considers how the internet can both help and hinder efforts to move each area in a more political direction. By explicitly interpreting contemporary theories of the political in terms of the internet, this analysis avoids the twin traps of both technological determinism and technological cynicism. Raising awareness of what the word ‘politics’ means, the author develops theoretical work by Arendt, Rancière, Žižek and Mouffe to present a clear and coherent view of how in theory, politics can be digitized and alternatively how the internet can be deployed in the service of trulydemocratic politics.