The Internet in Public Life

The spread of new information and communications technologies during the past two decades has helped reshape civic associations, political communities, and global relations. In the midst of the information revolution, we find that the speed of this techno

Preface

vii

Verna V. Gehring

Introduction

1

(6)

William A. Galston

I: The Information Superhighway: Toward a Morality of Information?

1. Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matter

7

(22)

Helen Nissenbaum and Lucas D. Introna

2. Reliance and Reliability: The Problem of Information on the Internet

29

(14)

Robert Wachbroit

3. Do Hackers Provide a Public Service?

43

(16)

Verna V. Gehring

II: Social Bonds: Stronger or Weaker?

4. The Impact of the Internet on Civic Life: An Early Assessment

59

(20)

William A. Galston

5. The Internet and Civil Society

79

(22)

Peter Levine

6. Social Capital and the Net

101

(12)

Eric M. Uslaner

7. The Cosmopolitan Project: Does the Internet Have a Global Public Face?

113

(14)

Thomas C. Hilde

Index

127

(6)

About the Editor and Contributors

133

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The Internet in Public Life

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