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Democracy in the digital age: challenges to political life in cyberspace
Abstract
From the Publisher: Is the Internet an antidote to America's political afflictions? Much of the writings on the prospects of a digital democracy are only impassioned predictions from Internet doomsayers or Silicon Valley faithfuls, sorely lacking a critical eye and sound research. Anthony G. Wilhelm counters claims on both sides with a well-reasoned factual argument: political conversations occurring online are neither thoughtful nor inclusive, suggesting that current new technologies are as much threats to progress as they are vehicles of progress.
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- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2000-10-01
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 38-1186-38-1186
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W2168779041
- Cited by
- 434
- References
- 0
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
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