The Internet and Democratic Citizenship: Theory, Practice and Policy (Communication, Society and Politics)

Stephen Coleman

ISBN 10: 0521520789 / ISBN 13: 9780521520782

Published by Cambridge University Press 2009-06-11, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Internet and Democratic Citizenship: Theory, Practice and Policy (Communication, Society and Politics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2009-06-11
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521520789
• ISBN 13: 9780521520782
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines how the Internet can improve public communications and enrich democracy.

About the Authors

Stephen Coleman is Professor of Political Communication and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Citizenship at the Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds. He was previously Professor of e-Democracy at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and a senior fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. In recent years he has served as specialist adviser to the House of Commons Information Select Committee inquiry on ICT and public participation in Parliament, a member of the Puttnam Commission on parliamentary communication with the public and chair of the Electoral Reform Society's Independent Commission on Alternative Voting Methods. His publications include Bowling Together (with John Gotze, 2001; Realising Democracy Online: A Civic Commons in Cyberspace (with Jay G. Blumler, 2001; A Tale of Two Houses: The House of Commons, the Big Brother House and the People at Home (2003); and Direct Representation: Towards a Conversational Democracy (2005). He has contributed numerous articles and chapters to academic volumes.

Jay G. Blumler is Emeritus Professor of Public Communication at the University of Leeds, and also Emeritus Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland. He is a leading, internationally recognized figure in political communication, having published numerous books, including (with Denis McQuail) Television in Politics: Its Uses and Influences (1968); (with Elihu Katz) The Uses of Mass Communications: Current Perspectives on Gratifications Research (1974); and (with Michael Gurevitch) The Crisis of Public Communication (1995) He is a past President of the International Communications Association. In 2006 Blumler was given a lifetime achievement award by the American Political Science Association.