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Title Digital media and political engagement worldwide : a comparative study / edited by Eva Anduiza, Michael J. Jensen, Laia Jorba.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Communication, society, and politics
Communication, society, and politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Digital Media and the Dimensions of Political Engagement; The Consequences of Digital Media for Political Engagement; The Rise of Online Engagement; Digital Media Use as a Predictor of Motivations, Attitudes, and Learning; Who Is Engaged through Digital Media?; The Role of Context in Digital Politics; The Choice of Cases and the Plan of the Book.
1: The Impact of Digital Media on Citizenship from a Global Perspective1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The Digital Context and Citizenship; 1.3. From Studying Democratic Participation or Censorship to Studying Citizenship; 1.3.1. Digital Media and Political Attitudes; 1.3.2. Changing Political Practices; 1.3.3. Sociality of Politics; 1.4. From Studying Surveillance and Control to Citizenship: Problems from outside the Democratic Context; 1.4.1. The Possibility of Voice; 1.4.2. Allegiance, Identities, and Transnational Citizenship; 1.5. Conclusion.
2: Recent Shifts in the Relationship between the Internet and Democratic Engagement in Britain and the United States: Granularity, Informational Exuberance, and Political Learning2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Web 2.0, Granularity, and Informational Exuberance; 2.3. Information, Learning, and Engagement; 2.4. Some Recent Shifts in the U.S. and British Literature; 2.4.1. Analytical and Methodological Uncertainty; 2.4.2. The Abundance and Complexity of Information; 2.4.3. Revisionist Perspectives on Deliberation; 2.5. Web 1.0 to Web 2.0: Three Arguments on the Transition.
2.6. Granularity in Web 2.0 Politics2.7. Informational Exuberance and Political Learning in Web 2.0 Politics; 2.8. Conclusion; 3: Political Engagement and the Internet in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections: A Panel Survey; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Digital Democracy and Political Participation; 3.3. Accidental Online Political Mobilization; 3.4. Hypotheses; 3.5. Data and Methods; 3.6. Findings; 3.6.1. Who Changed Their Use of Online Political Information during the Campaign?; 3.6.2. Does Change in Online Political Engagement Predict Change in Levels of Political Interest?
3.6.3. Does Change in Online Political Engagement Predict Offline Political Participation?3.7. Conclusion; 3.8. Appendix; 4: Online Political Participation in the United States and Spain; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Digital Media Use and Political Participation; 4.3. The Cases; 4.4. Participation in Spain and the United States; 4.5. Conclusion; 4.6. Appendix; 5: Internet Use and Political Attitudes in Europe; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Political Attitudes and Digital Media; 5.3. Internet Use and Political Attitudes in Europe; 5.4. Internet Use, Interest in Politics, and Internal Political Efficacy in Spain.
Summary Explores how digital media use affects political behavior and how this relationship is shaped by political environments across countries.
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Subject Political participation -- Technological innovations -- Cross-cultural studies.
Political participation -- Technological innovations.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Subject Political participation.
Communication in politics -- Technological innovations -- Cross-cultural studies.
Communication in politics -- Technological innovations.
Communication in politics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Anduiza Perea, Eva.
Jensen, Michael James.
Jorba, Laia.
Other Form: Print version: Anduiza, Eva. Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107021426
ISBN 9781139424127 (electronic book)
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