Will the Internet Spoil Castro's Cuba? Export

@inbook{citeulike:5177934, abstract = {Digital technology is changing our politics. The World Wide Web is already apowerful influence on the public's access to government documents, the tacticsand content of political campaigns, the behavior of voters, the efforts ofactivists to circulate their messages, and the ways in which topics enter thepublic discourse. The essays collected here capture the richness of currentdiscourse about democracy and cyberspace. Some contributors offer front-lineperspectives on the impact of emerging technologies on politics, journalism,and civic experience. What happens, for example, when we increase access toinformation or expand the arena of free speech? Other contributors place ourshifting understanding of citizenship in historical context, suggesting thatnotions of cyber-democracy and online community must grow out of older modelsof civic life. Still others consider the global flow of information and testour American conceptions of cyber-democracy against developments in otherparts of the world. How, for example, do new media operate in Castro's Cuba,in post-apartheid South Africa, and in the context of multicultural debates onthe Pacific Rim? For some contributors, the new technologies endanger ourpolitical culture; for others, they promise civic renewal.}, author = {Venegas, Cristina}, booktitle = {Democracy and New Media}, citeulike-article-id = {5177934}, day = {15}, edition = {New edition}, editor = {Jenkins, Henry and Thorburn, David}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0262600633}, keywords = {citizenjournalism, cuba, cyberactivism, democracy, government, politics}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2009-07-16 12:23:34}, priority = {2}, publisher = {MIT Press}, title = {Will the Internet Spoil Castro's Cuba?}, year = {2004} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:5177934 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5177934 N2 - Digital technology is changing our politics. The World Wide Web is already apowerful influence on the public's access to government documents, the tacticsand content of political campaigns, the behavior of voters, the efforts ofactivists to circulate their messages, and the ways in which topics enter thepublic discourse. The essays collected here capture the richness of currentdiscourse about democracy and cyberspace. Some contributors offer front-lineperspectives on the impact of emerging technologies on politics, journalism,and civic experience. What happens, for example, when we increase access toinformation or expand the arena of free speech? Other contributors place ourshifting understanding of citizenship in historical context, suggesting thatnotions of cyber-democracy and online community must grow out of older modelsof civic life. Still others consider the global flow of information and testour American conceptions of cyber-democracy against developments in otherparts of the world. How, for example, do new media operate in Castro's Cuba,in post-apartheid South Africa, and in the context of multicultural debates onthe Pacific Rim? For some contributors, the new technologies endanger ourpolitical culture; for others, they promise civic renewal. SN - 0262600633 TI - Will the Internet Spoil Castro's Cuba? PB - MIT Press T2 - Democracy and New Media KW - citizenjournalism KW - cuba KW - cyberactivism KW - democracy KW - government KW - politics AU - Venegas, Cristina A2 - Jenkins, Henry A2 - Thorburn, David PY - 2004/10/15/ ER -