Congress online [electronic resource] : bridging the gap between citizens and their representatives

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서명/저자사항	Congress online [electronic resource]: bridging the gap between citizens and their representatives / Dennis W. Johnson.
개인저자	Johnson, Dennis W.
발행사항	New York: Routledge, c2004.
형태사항	1 online resource (xiii, 242 p.).
기타형태 저록	Print version: Johnson, Dennis W. Congress online. New York : Routledge, c2004
ISBN	9786610177295 6610177295 0203494032 (electronic bk.) 9780203494035 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Who uses e-mail and the Internet -- How Congress communicates with the public -- Different audiences -- Forms of communication -- Part one: Wired citizen, wired government -- The new tools for the active citizenry -- Information at the click of a mouse -- Connecting with other citizens -- Direct electronic advocacy -- Rise of electronic advocacy -- Where do all the e-mails come from? -- Attraction of e-mail as an advocacy tool -- The perfect communication tool -- Websites as advocacy tools -- Electronic advocacy business -- Electronic grassroots and future advocacy -- Promise of electronic government -- Transformation of government -- State and local governments go to the web -- Promise of websites -- Examples of best websites -- Interesting features -- Opportunities and issues with government websites and e-mail -- E-democracy at the local level -- The federal government on the web -- Opportunities and challenges -- Electronic government and Congress -- Part two: Congress responds -- Old communications and new -- Adapting to new technologies -- Cybercongress -- Internal review and criticism of new technology -- Computers, e-mail, and websites -- E-mail overload -- Current state of congressional e-mail -- Who reads the mail? -- E-mail issues -- After September 11th -- Reaching out to constituents -- The promise of electronic mail -- Congressional websites -- Evaluating congressional websites -- Member websites -- Outstanding features -- Problems persist -- Committee and leadership websites -- What is not on congressional websites -- A congressional portal -- Part three: online democracy and communication -- Challenges and opportunities -- Spending more time in the District -- Access to committee hearings -- 60-day rule -- A congressional chief information officer -- Communication after September 11th and anthrax -- Digital information -- Learning from state legislatures -- Congress and the deliberative process -- A virtual Congress -- Communicating across the divide -- Appendixes: Research methodology and best practices -- Best websites in Congress -- Other government websites -- Citizen-oriented websites -- Congressional website statistics -- Project votesmart national political awareness test.
주제명(단체명)	United States. --Congress --Constituent communication. United States. --Congress --Information resources managem1ent.
일반주제명	Legislators --United States --Computer network resources. Electronic mail messages --United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE --Government --Legislative Branch.
분류기호(DDC)	328.73
언어	영어
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