Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power

by Bruce Bimber

Book Overview

This book assesses the consequences of new information technologies for American democracy in a way that is theoretical and also historically grounded. The author argues that new technologies have produced the fourth in a series of 'information revolutions' in the US, stretching back to the founding. Each of these, he argues, led to important structural changes in politics. After re-interpreting historical American political development from the perspective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521804922
• ISBN13: 9780521804929
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"