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The Internet has a clear, consistent, and considerable influence on democratic satisfaction. Winner of the APSA Best Book in Information Technology and Politics of the American Political Science Association The beauty of democracy is not only that citizens can vote a candidate into office but that they can also vote one out. As digital media grows omnipresent, it becomes more important for political scientists and communication scholars to understand its influence on all aspects of the political process, from campaigning to governance. Catie Snow Bailard argues that the Internetby altering the quantity and range of information available to citizensdirectly influences the ability of individuals to evaluate government performance. It also affects public satisfaction with the quality of available democratic practices and helps motivate political activity and organization. Bailard originates two theories for democratization specialists to considermirror-holding and window-openingwhich she tests using data collected from dozens of countries and two randomized field experiments. Mirror-holding explores how accessing the Internet allows citizens to see a more detailed and nuanced view of

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Author

Bailard, Catie Snow

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421415260

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences