Information and American Democracy: Technology in the Evolution of Political Power

By Bruce Bimber. 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research (2009, background): “Many studies consider the impact of Internet on engagement alongside measures of social capital (Bimber, 2003, 2001; Gibson, Howard, & Ward, 2000; Jennings & Zeitner, 2003; Johnson & Kaye, 2003; Katz & Rice, 2002; Kwak, Skoric, Williams, & Poor, 2004; Moy, Manosevitch, Stamm, & Dunsmore, 2005;…”
Nathaniel Persily e Joshua A. Tucker (a cura di). Social Media and Democracy. The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform (2021, background): “…as political scientists have long argued, information revolutions often involve fundamental change in how governments, political parties, interests groups, and social movements operate too, because most of the institutions that enable democracy are interdependent (see, e.g., Bimber 2003).”
Accidental exposure to politics on social media as online participation equalizer in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom (2016, background): “Bruce Bimber (2003), in his book Information and American Democracy, argued that, in the study of political phenomena, transformations in information technology are relevant because “information itself is relevant” (p.”
Alternative and Activist New Media (2011, neutral): “Bimber (2003) argues that the contemporary, information- saturated social environment associated with ICTs and new media constitutes a “fourth information revolution” with important implications for politics.”
Good News for the Future? Young People, Internet Use, and Political Participation (2011, background): “” Xenos and Moy (2007), however, show that positive effects of online news on engagement are higher for people with more political interest, and, also, Bimber (2003) argues that mainly already politically engaged citizens benefit from the Internet’s potential.”
Weblogs, traditional sources online and political participation: an assessment of how the internet is changing the political environment (2009, background): “This debate has been characterized in terms of utopian versus dystopian views of CMC, and has been particularly acute for the internet and some of its applications (see for example Graber et al., 2004; Katz and Rice, 2002).”
Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy (2012, background): “…political cognitions, affect, or behaviors has been conducted in fully developed democracies such as the United States or Western Europe (e.g., Bimber, 2003; Norris, 2000, 252 Journal of Communication 62 (2012) 249–265 © 2012 International Communication Association E. C. Nisbet et al.…”
The impact of polices on government social media usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations (2012, background): “…be understood within the broader policy and information contexts, as the government “is more than an allocator of services and values; it is an apparatus for assembling and managing the political information associated with expressions of public will and with public policy” (Bimber, 2003, p. 17).”
The Effects of E-Government on Trust and Confidence in Government (2003, background): “Some scholars see information technology as the most important ingredient for creating a more participatory democracy and increasing confidence in government (Toffler 1995; Norris 2001; Bimber 2003; Budge 1996; Rheingold 1993; Grossman 1995).”
Digital Network Repertoires and Organizational Hybridity (2007, background): “The old Environmental Defense Fund was certainly not a social movement organization (Bimber, 2003, p. 138).”
Political Fact-Checking on Twitter: When Do Corrections Have an Effect? (2018, background): “Citizens as intuitive scientists is a basic assumption of democratic governance (Bimber, 2003).”
It's Complicated: Facebook Users' Political Participation in the 2008 Election (2011, neutral): “40 By this line of reasoning, any political activity— whether occurring on Facebook or in other venues—facilitates the development of civic skills, which in turn increases political participation.”