Congress online bridging the gap between citizens and their representatives

Who uses e-mail and the Internet -- How Congress communicates with the public -- Different audiences -- Forms of communication -- Part one: the wired citizen -- The new grassroots citizenry -- Information at the click of a mouse -- Connecting with other citizens -- Direct electronic advocacy -- Rise...

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1. Verfasser: Johnson, Dennis W. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. Routledge 2004
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Zusammenfassung:Who uses e-mail and the Internet -- How Congress communicates with the public -- Different audiences -- Forms of communication -- Part one: the wired citizen -- The new grassroots citizenry -- Information at the click of a mouse -- Connecting with other citizens -- Direct electronic advocacy -- Rise of electronic advocacy -- Where do all the e-mails come from? -- Attraction of e-mail as an advocacy tool -- The perfect communication tool -- Websites as advocacy tools -- Electronic advocacy business -- Electronic grassroots and future advocacy -- Electronic government -- Transformation of government -- State and local governments go to the web -- Promise of websites -- Examples of best websites -- Interesting features -- Opportunities and issues with government websites and e-mail -- E-democracy at the local level -- The federal government on the web -- Opportunities and challenges -- Electronic government and Congress -- Part two: Congress responds -- Old communications a
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 242 S.
ISBN:0415946840
0-415-94684-0
0415946859
0-415-94685-9