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008			170321s2015 mdua b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781421417264
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dUkOxU _dUk _erda _dUK-LoPHL
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100	1		_aWu, Irene S. _eauthor. _9113824
245	1	0	_aForging trust communities : _bhow technology changes politics / _cIrene S. Wu.
264		1	_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2015.
300			_axii, 163 pages
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aTrust communities from the telegraph to the Internet: information and ideas as capital and ammunition -- Blogs, wikis, and international collective action: the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami -- Activists challenge institutions with information technology networks -- Governments shape nations with communications technology -- Technology + trust = political influence -- Epilogue: using technology to lead: a note to activists, businesses, and governments.
520			_aBloggers in India used social media and wikis to broadcast news and bring humanitarian aid to tsunami victims in South Asia. Terrorist groups like ISIS pour out messages and recruit new members on websites. The Internet is the new public square, bringing to politics a platform on which to create community at both the grassroots and bureaucratic level. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies from more than ten countries, Irene S. Wu’s Forging Trust Communities argues that the Internet, and the technologies that predate it, catalyze political change by creating new opportunities for cooperation. The Internet does not simply enable faster and easier communication, but makes it possible for people around the world to interact closely, reciprocate favors, and build trust. The information and ideas exchanged by members of these cooperative communities become key sources of political power akin to military might and economic strength. Wu illustrates the rich world history of citizens and leaders exercising political power through communications technology. People in nineteenth-century China, for example, used the telegraph and newspapers to mobilize against the emperor. In 1970, Taiwanese cable television gave voice to a political opposition demanding democracy. Both Qatar (in the 1990s) and Great Britain (in the 1930s) relied on public broadcasters to enhance their influence abroad. Additional case studies from Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Russia, India, the Philippines, and Tunisia reveal how various technologies function to create new political energy, enabling activists to challenge institutions while allowing governments to increase their power at home and abroad.
650		0	_aPolitical participation _xTechnological innovations _xCase studies. _960457
650		0	_aInformation technology _xPolitical aspects _xCase studies. _960458
650		0	_aInternet _xPolitical aspects _xCase studies. _960459
650		0	_aSocial media _xPolitical aspects _xCase studies. _960460
650		0	_aCommunication in politics _xCase studies. _960461
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