Politics as usual : the cyberspace " revolution " / Michael Margolis, David Resnick

By:

MARGOLIS, Michael

Contributor(s):

David Resnick

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary American PoliticsPublication details: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2000.Description: viii, 246p. : ill. ; 23cmISBN:

0-7619-1331-9

Subject(s):

Cyberspace politicise aspect Repentant Staten. United States Politics and government. Internet Computer network Political aspects United States

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 303.4833 MAR

Summary: Examining the effects of the Internet on American politics, this book reveals its potential as a tool for empowering people to challenge existing power structures. However, the authors show how the American political system tends to normalise political activity, and thus the Internet's vast subversive potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information.

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Examining the effects of the Internet on American politics, this book reveals its potential as a tool for empowering people to challenge existing power structures. However, the authors show how the American political system tends to normalise political activity, and thus the Internet's vast subversive potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information.

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