Rebooting American Politics

The Internet Revolution

By (author) Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner

Publication date:

16 May 2011

Length of book:

232 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442210493

Going beyond theory and guess based forecasts; this book systematically explores and measures the implications of the growing use of the internet in the American political landscape. Using current election data, the authors specifically challenge the predominant conjecture that the impact of new technology will not affect electoral outcomes and illustrate that the use of the internet is causing a marked shift in not just who votes, but who wins.

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Evolution, Revolution and the Internet
Chapter 2: A Descriptive Summary of the Measurement and Story
Chapter 3: The Digital Political Public: Information Gathering, Political Knowledge, and the Digital Divide
Chapter 4: Balloting Online: Voting and the Internet
Chapter 5: Bowling Online: The Internet and the New Social Capital
Chapter 6: The Internet: Two One-Sided Information Flows?
Chapter 7: Click and Donate: The Return of the Small Donor to Campaigns
Chapter 8: Is Anyone Listening? The Online Campaign
Chapter 9: Evolution, Revolution and the Internet Revisited
Appendix
Endnotes
References

The authors of Rebooting American Politics are not constrained by the tired heuristics, often first constructed in the 1990s, used by most scholars to comprehend the role of information technology in American politics. Instead, in each chapter they bring fresh perspective, theory, and underutilized empirical data to answer a number of the most timely and important questions on this topic. This captivating book is vital reading for those with an interest in understanding many of the key transformations of contemporary American politics.