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Zusatztext The most thorough and comprehensive textbook available about the Internet and politics - Chadwick is able to combine well crafted introductory material aimed at students first approaching the subject with an erudite overview of the leading research literature." Bruce Bimber! University of California at Santa Barbara Klappentext In the wake of the Howard Dean campaign! digital technologies are changing not only the way politics is conducted! but also political institutions themselves. This book synthesizes the rapidly growing literature from both media studies and political science that looks at how political actors are seeking to use! and regulate the use of! technologies. Chadwick examines some of the key questions in the matter: has the 'information age' caused a fundamental shift inglobal politics? Has the Internet reconfigured the relationships between states! and between citizens and states? The book's approach is comparative and includes pedagogy such as chapter summaries! boxes with key facts and quotations! case studies! and a brief guide to the best Web resources available tothe topic at hand. Zusammenfassung In the developed world, there is no longer an issue of whether the Internet affects politics--but how, why and with what consequences. With the Internet now spreading at a breathtaking rate in the developing world, the new medium is fraught with tensions, paradoxes, and contradictions. How do we make sense of these? In this major new work, Andrew Chadwick addresses such concerns, providing the first comprehensive overview of Internet politics. Internet Politics examines the impact of new communication technologies on political parties and elections, pressure groups, social movements, local democracy, public bureaucracies, and global governance. It also analyzes persistent and controversial policy problems, including the digital divide; the governance of the Internet itself; the tensions between surveillance, privacy and security; and the political economy of the Internet media sector. The approach is explicitly comparative, providing numerous examples from the U.S., Britain, and many other countries. Written in a clear and accessible style, this theoretically sophisticated and up-to-date text reveals the key difference the Internet makes in how we "do" politics and how we "think about" political life.Featuring numerous figures, tables, and text boxes, Internet Politics is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in political science, international relations, and communication studies....
