| Politics as Usual: The Cyberspace `Revolution' Contributor(s): Margolis, Michael (Author), Resnick, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761913300 ISBN-13: 9780761913306 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: Cyberspace is no longer a mystery. It has become irrevocably intertwined with everyday life, facilitating everything from reading the news and paying the bills to ordering birthday presents. We are in the midst of a revolution in mass communication, and there now exists the technology for creating new forms of community, empowering citizens, and challenging existing power structures. But will such changes occur? In this fascinating book Michael Margolis and David Resnick ponder the effects of cyberspace on American Politics. Our political system tends to normalize political activity, and thus, the Internet??'s vast potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information. This broad examination begins with a history of cyberspace and moves through discussions of parties, political interest groups, candidates, mass media, information dissemination, and commercial uses of the Internet. Politics as Usual offers an innovative and exciting look into previously ignored aspects of the Internet and American politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Computers | Information Technology - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 99050650 |
| Series: Contemporary American Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.84" W x 8.82" (1.01 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 normalize political activity, and thus the Internet′s vast subversive potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information. |