Title: The Internet and politics : citizens, voters, and activists /
Authors: Oates, Sarah.; Owen, Diana Marie; Gibson, Rachel Kay
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Political participation Technological innovations Congresses.; Information technology Political aspects Congresses.; Internet Political aspects Congresses.
Abstract: This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing key questions and drawing on new research.
Contents: The Internet, civil society and democracy: a comparative perspective / Sarah Oates and Rachel K. Gibson -- The Internet and youth civic engagement in the United States / Diana Owen -- The Minnesota e-democracy project : mobilising the mobilised? / Jakob Linaa Jensen -- Hunting protestors : mobilisation, participation, and protest online in the countryside alliance / Wainer Lusoli and Stephen Ward -- Design matters : the political efficacy of government-run discussion boards / Scott Wright -- Cybercortical warfare : Hizbollah's internet strategy / Maura Conway -- Civil society, the Internet and terrorism : case studies from Northern Ireland / Paul Reilly -- Virtual parties in a virtual world : the use of the Internet by Russian political parties / Luke March -- Hard to connect : transnational networks, non-governmental organisations, and the Internet in Russia / Diana Schmidt -- Murder, journalism, and the Web : how the Gongadze case launched the Internet news era in Ukraine / Natalya Krasnoboka and Holli A. Semetko -- Pathologies of the virtual public sphere / Heinz Brandenburg.