Electronic Democracy: Using the Internet to Transform American PoliticsInformation Today, Inc., 2002 - 190 pages With a special focus on recent elections, this resource explains the social relevance of online democracy through various case studies. Among the topics explored are the emergence of online voting; how the Internet has drawn youth back into politics and the reinvention of political action; online privacy and how it will affect Internet politics; the common mistakes of Net activists and how to avoid them; and propaganda, hacking, and the dark side of online politics. Also addressed is how the Gore Democrats and the Bush Republicans pushed the Internet envelope during the presidential campaign. |
Table des matières
Birth of an Electronic Nation | 1 |
SmokeFilled Rooms in Cyberspace | 15 |
Handing Out Electronic Fliers | 33 |
Pressing the Virtual Flesh | 55 |
The Dark Side of a New World | 77 |
Voting Booths for the Millennium | 91 |
Campaign Resources | 105 |
The Virtual Campaign Trail | 131 |
Election 2000 and Counting | 149 |
On the Horizon | 169 |
About the Author | 177 |
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