Book Description
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.
Author : Andrew Chadwick
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2006
Category : 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.
Author : Biju P. R.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : 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.
Author : Robert J. Klotz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780742529267
This concise book explores the wide range of topics at the intersection of politics and the Internet. Recognizing the changes in the Internet over time, Klotz provides an innovative analysis of online access, activities, advocacy, government, journalism, and social capital. The politics of the Internet is considered along with politics on the Internet. A highlight is the in-depth discussion of cyberlaw that provides an accessible framework for understanding the legal treatment of key issues such as music file-sharing, privacy, terrorism, spam, pornography, and domain names. Examples from the 2002 midterm elections and the early 2004 campaign fundraising success of Howard Dean add currency to the debate about the impact of the Internet on democratic politcs. The author conveys the vitality and humor of Internet politics in a way that readers will enjoy. From impassioned debate about imaginary legislation to the animal rights group PETA's lawsuit taking peta.org from 'People Eating Tasty Animals, ' Klotz brings the colorful history of the Internet to life. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book is infused with original longitudinal data, examples, online resources and landmark events that reveal how the Internet is enriching both public and private life.
Author : Nanjala Nyabola
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 178699433X
From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life. Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive. Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.
Author : Trevor Garrison Smith
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : 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.
Author : Doris A. Graber
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : 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.
Author : Stephen Coleman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1800377584
This thoroughly revised second edition Handbook examines the latest knowledge and perspectives on digital politics. Leading scholars explore the expansion of digital technologies, channels and styles as it shapes political dynamics.
Author : Romm Livermore, Celia
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1466609672
"This book charts this influence and describes the unique effect electronic communication has on organizations, communities, nations, and cultures"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Graeme Browning
Publisher : Information Today
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 1996
Category : 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.
Author : Yongming Zhou
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804751278
This pioneering work analyzes the impact of telegraphy and the internet on political participation in modern China.