The myth of digital democracy

The myth of digital democracy /

Is the Internet democratizing American politics? Do political Web sites and blogs mobilize inactive citizens and make the public sphere more inclusive? "The Myth of Digital Democracy" reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hindman, Matthew Scott, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Internet in political campaigns > United States.
Internet > Political aspects > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
COMPUTERS > Internet > General.
Internet in political campaigns
Internet > Political aspects
Political participation
Wahlkampf
Politische Beteiligung
Demokratie
Internet
Democratie.
Internet.
Government - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Rights - U.S.
Politische Partizipation > USA.
Politische Kommunikation > Internet > USA.
Internet > Politische Kommunikation > USA.
Politische Beteiligung.
Elektronische Wahl.
Politische Kampagne.
United States
USA
USA.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • The Internet and the "democratization" of politics
  • The lessons of Howard Dean
  • "Googlearchy" : the link structure of political web sites
  • Political traffic and the politics of search
  • Online concentration
  • Blogs : the new elite media
  • Elite politics and the "missing middle"
  • Appendix: On data and methodology.

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