Google and democracy : politics and the power of the Internet / Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richey, Sean, author.

Taylor, J. Benjamin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Google.

Political participation--Technological innovations--United States.

Political participation.

Internet--Political aspects--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Political aspects.

Information society--Political aspects.

Direct democracy.

Political participation--Technological innovations.

United States.

Direct democracy--United States.

Information society--Political aspects--United States.

Information society.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

x, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

For the first time in human history, access to information on almost any topic is accessible through the Internet. A powerful extraction system is needed to disseminate this knowledge, which for most users is Google. Google Search is an extremely powerful and important component to American political life in the twenty-first century, yet its influence is poorly researched or understood. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor explore for the first time the influence of Google on American politics, specifically on direct democracy. Using original experiments and nationally representative cross-sectional data, Richey and Taylor show how Google Search returns quality information, that users click on quality information, and gain political knowledge and other contingent benefits Additionally, they correlate Google usage with real-world voting behavior on direct democracy. Building a theory of Google Search use for ballot measures, Google and Democracy is an original addition to the literature on the direct democracy, Internet politics, and information technology. An indispensable read to all those wishing to gain new insights on how the Internet has the power to be a normatively valuable resource for citizens. Book jacket.

Contents:

Internet politics & the computer science of google

Google search returns on ballot measures

Click behavior and direct democracy

Learning happens : political knowledge and three ballot measures

Internet research and intellectually-secure decisions in direct democracy

Real-world applications : does google use correlate with real-world political behavior?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Richey, Sean, author. Google and democracy

ISBN:

9781138066434

1138066435

9781138066458

1138066451

OCLC:

1002722364