This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing the following central questions:

  • is the Internet qualitatively different from the more traditional forms of the media?
  • has the Internet demonstrated real potential to improve civil society through a wider provision of information, an enhancement of communication between government and citizen, or via better state transparency?
  • does the Internet pose a threat to the coherence of civil society as people are encouraged to abandon shared media experiences and pursue narrow interests?
  • in authoritarian states, does the Internet function as a beacon for free speech or as another tool for propaganda?
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This volume explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing key questions and drawing on exciting new research.:
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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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415435871
Publisert
2006-12-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Biografisk notat

Sarah Oates, Diana Owen, Rachel K. Gibson