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The electronic republic? : (Record no. 574418)
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| fixed length control field | 02350cam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 080321s2008 inu b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781557535061 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | pbk |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 004.678 |
| Item number | VAN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Vanfossen Phillip J. |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The electronic republic? : |
| Sub Title | the impact of technology on education for citizenship / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Phillip J. VanFossen and Michael J. Berson. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | West Lafayette, Ind. : |
| Name of publisher | Purdue University Press, |
| Year of publication | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxviii, 239 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "In 1991, Lawrence Grossman wrote that "a new political system is taking shape in the United States. As we approach the twenty-first century, America is turning into an electronic republic, a democratic system that is vastly increasing the people's day-to-day influence on decisions of state." Grossman's forecast implied a sea change in the way citizens would interact with, and participate in, their representative government; a revamping of the way Americans would 'do' citizenship. Harnessing the power of technology to promote the ideal of democracy that first pulsed through our nation over 230 years ago may be a feasible achievement in a technocratic age, but whether technology can help achieve a revolution as seismic as the political one that our founding fathers initiated may be a practical impossibility. Fusing the power of technology and democratic ideals opens opportunities for greater access to information and offers a medium for people to be heard and express their voice with dissemination to the masses through digital tools, such as blogs, podcasts, and wikis. Indeed, the emergence of the Internet as a nearly ubiquitous element of American society has brought about new opportunities to enhance citizen engagement in democratic politics and to increase the level of civic engagement among American citizens. Despite such rhetoric, however, research has indicated that Grossman's "electronic republic" has, for the most part, failed to come to fruition."--Book cover |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Citizenship |
| Topical Term | Internet |
| Topical Term | Internet in education |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | VanFossen, Phillip J., |
| Personal name | Berson, Michael J. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008012780-b.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 3RD FLOOR, A WING | 26.11.2010 | 004.678 | 275416 | 30.06.2025 | English Books |