Internet and Politics - Citizens, Voters and Activists

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K. Gibson Zusammenfassung This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing key questions and drawing on exciting new research.: Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Sarah (University of Glasgow Oates, Sarah Owen Oates, Sarah/ Owen Oates, OATES SARAH OWEN DIANA GIBSON R
• Assisted by: Rachel K Gibson (Editor), Rachel K. Gibson (Editor), Rachel K. (Australian National University Gibson (Editor), Gibson Rachel K. (Editor), Sarah Oates (Editor), Sarah (University of Glasgow Oates (Editor), Oates Sarah (Editor), Diana Owen (Editor), Diana (Georgetown University Owen (Editor), Owen Diana (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415435871
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43587-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Democratization Studies; Democratization Studies; Democratization and Autocratization Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Political campaigning & advertising, Political science and theory, Political campaigning and advertising