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OverviewDemocracy in the Digital Age is a fascinating philosophical exploration of how the emerging information and communication technologies are impacting political participation in the United States. Rather than being the antidote to democratic ills, the political conversations occurring online are neither inclusive nor deliberative, suggesting that new technologies, as currently designed and used, are as much threats to progress as they are vehicles of progress. Wilhelm finds that there is often an appearance of progress, but negligible advancement of the human condition. He discusses the four features of digitally-mediated political life (resources, inclusiveness, deliberation, and design) and demonstrates the need for a strong public policy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony G. WilhelmPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9780415924368ISBN 10: 0415924367 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 20 January 2000 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDemocracy in the Digital Age is a long-needed and masterful alloy of political philosophy, Internet politics, technological history, and basic empirical research. It helps dispel many of the myths surrounding the Internet, and it rings with a passionate commitment to more democracy in the information age. -Gary Chapman, Director, The 21st Century Project, University of Texas at Austin This is the most stimulating and carefully considered critique of the issues around electronic democracy that I have seen for some time. It powerfully skewers many of the more absurd claims of the new futurists and grounds the debate in the real world of political practice. -Brian D. Loader, editor of The Governance of Cyberspace Wilhelm's Democracy in the Digital Age has the most thorough and sensible review of contemporary thought on the social construction of technological construction of society.--Philip Howard, Northwestern University. Democracyin the Digital Age provides a first-rate study of the problems and promises posed by a 'cyberdemocracy.' Wilhelm's analysis of online public life is empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated. Anyone interested in the democratic potential of the new information and communication technologies should review his recommendations, particularly the proposed policy responses to America's growing 'digital divide.'. -Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University """Democracy in the Digital Age is a long-needed and masterful alloy of political philosophy, Internet politics, technological history, and basic empirical research. It helps dispel many of the myths surrounding the Internet, and it rings with a passionate commitment to more democracy in the information age."" -- Gary Chapman, Director, The 21st Century Project, University of Texas at Austin ""This is the most stimulating and carefully considered critique of the issues around electronic democracy that I have seen for some time. It powerfully skewers many of the more absurd claims of the new futurists and grounds the debate in the real world of political practice."" -- Brian D. Loader, editor of The Governance of Cyberspace ""Wilhelm's Democracy in the Digital Age has the most thorough and sensible review of contemporary thought on the social construction of technological construction of society.--Philip Howard, Northwestern University."" ""Democracy in the Digital Age provides a first-rate study of the problems and promises posed by a 'cyberdemocracy.' Wilhelm's analysis of online public life is empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated. Anyone interested in the democratic potential of the new information and communication technologies should review his recommendations, particularly the proposed policy responses to America's growing 'digital divide.'."" -- Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" Democracy in the Digital Age is a long-needed and masterful alloy of political philosophy, Internet politics, technological history, and basic empirical research. It helps dispel many of the myths surrounding the Internet, and it rings with a passionate commitment to more democracy in the information age. <br>-Gary Chapman, Director, The 21st Century Project, University of Texas at Austin <br> This is the most stimulating and carefully considered critique of the issues around electronic democracy that I have seen for some time. It powerfully skewers many of the more absurd claims of the new futurists and grounds the debate in the real world of political practice. <br>-Brian D. Loader, editor of The Governance of Cyberspace <br> Wilhelm's Democracy in the Digital Age has the most thorough and sensible review of contemporary thought on the social construction of technological construction of society.--Philip Howard, Northwestern University. <br> Democracyin the Digital Age provides a first-rate study of the problems and promises posed by a 'cyberdemocracy.' Wilhelm's analysis of online public life is empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated. Anyone interested in the democratic potential of the new information and communication technologies should review his recommendations, particularly the proposed policy responses to America's growing 'digital divide.'. <br>-Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University <br> Author InformationAnthony G. Wilhelm is Director of Information and Communication Technology Research at the Tomás Rivera Policy Insitute, a national think tank that examines issues of concern to the Hispanic community. He also served as the Teledemocracy Project Coordinator at Claremont Graduate University's School for Politics and Economics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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