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Teledemocracy: Can Technology Protect Democracy? (SAGE Library of Social Research)
Teledemocracy Can Technology Protect Democracy - SAGE Library of Social Research Author:F . Christopher Arterton Professor Arterton presents systematic empirical research on whether direct citizen participation -- voting, interest groups and community organizations -- can be successfully mobilized through the electronic media. He examines thirteen political experiments that used communication technologies to facilitate political participation. <... more »/B>Teledemocracy offers a new approach to political communication by emphasizing participation rather than behaviour. The book reviews the relationship between the communications revolution and the political process -- especially democratic theory.« less