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1st Edition

The Internet and Politics Citizens, voters and activists

Edited By Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K. Gibson Copyright 2006

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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... Read more

Table of Contents

1 The Internet, Civil Society and Democracy: A Comparative Perspective

Sarah Oates and Rachel Gibson

2 The Internet and Youth Civic Engagement in the United States

Diana Owen

3 The Minnesota E-Democracy Project: Mobilizing the Mobilised?

Jakob Linaa Jensen

4 Hunting Online Action: Mobilisation, Participation and Protest in the Countryside Alliance

Wainer Lusoli and Stephen Ward

5 Design Matters: The Politics Efficacy of Government-Run Discussion Boards

Scott Wright

6 Cybercortical Warfare: The Case of Hizbollah.org

Maura Conway

7 Civil Society, Terrorism and the Internet: Case Studies from Northern Ireland

Paul Reilly

8 Virtual Parties in a Virtual World: The Use of the Internet by Russian Political Parties

Luke March

9 Hard to Connect: Trans-national Networks, Non-Governmental Organisations and the Internet in Russia

Diana Schmidt

10 Murder, Journalism and the Web: How the Gongadze Case Launched the Internet News Era in Ukraine

Natalya Krasnoboka and Holli A. Semetko

11 Pathologies of the Virtual Public Sphere

Heinz Brandenburg

Editor(s)

Biography

Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K. Gibson

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