Forging Trust Communities : How Technology Changes Politics /

Bloggers in India used social media and wikis to broadcast news and bring humanitarian aid to tsunami victims in South Asia. Terrorist groups such as ISIS pour out messages and recruit new members on websites. The Internet is the new public square, bringing to politics a platform on which to create...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wu, Irene S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politische Beteiligung
Informationstechnik
Online-Community
Political participation > Computer networks.
Internet > Political aspects.
Information technology > Political aspects.
Political participation > Technological innovations.
05.20 communication and society.
Internet > Aspect politique.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect politique.
Participation politique > Reseaux d'ordinateurs.
Participation politique > Innovations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trust communities from the telegraph to the Internet: information and ideas as capital and ammunition
  • Blogs, wikis, and international collective action: the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
  • Activists challenge institutions with information technology networks
  • Governments shape nations with communications technology
  • Technology + trust = political influence
  • Epilogue: using technology to lead: a note to activists, businesses, and governments.

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