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Informing communities : sustaining democracy in the digital age
- Title
- Informing communities : sustaining democracy in the digital age / the report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Aspen Institute, c2009.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- 118 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This report examines the information needs of the 21st century American citizen and proposes 15 public policy recommendations for sustaining democracy in the Digital Age. - Publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Sustaining democracy in the digital age
- Subjects
- Note
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- "A project of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation" - t.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-70).
- Contents
- Foreword / Alberto Ibargüen and Walter Isaacson -- Statement by the Co-Chairs, Marissa Mayer and Theodore B. Olson -- Executive summary -- Informing communities : sustaining democracy in the digital age. Introduction -- Part 1 : What are the information needs of communities in a democracy? -- Part 2 : Commission findings and recommended strategies. Maximizing the availability of relevant and credible information -- Enhancing the information capacity of individuals -- Promoting public engagement -- Conclusion and a call to action -- Endnotes -- Appendices. Taking stock : are you a healthy information community? -- Executive Director's memo : potential action items -- Speakers at meetings of the Knight Commission -- Speakers at Knight Commission community forums -- Informal advisors -- Members of the Commission.
- Call Number
- JFF 10-1063
- ISBN
- 0898435110 (pbk.)
- 9780898435115 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 455550588
- Title
- Informing communities : sustaining democracy in the digital age / the report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Aspen Institute, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-70).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.Communications and Society Program (Aspen Institute)John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 10-1063