Research Catalog
Vote.com
- Title
- Vote.com / Dick Morris.
- Author
- Morris, Dick.
- Publication
- Los, Angeles, CA. : Renaissance Books ; [New York] : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN4888.P6 M677 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 236 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- A look at how, after the trial of President Clinton, the fourth estate, the media, has fallen out of favor, and the fifth estate, the public, fueled by the Internet, has risen to prominence in political affairs.
- Alternative Title
- Vote dot com
- How big-money lobbyists and the media are losing their influence, and the Internet is giving power back to the people
- Subject
- Since 1993
- Political participation > United States > Computer network resources
- Internet > Political aspects > United States
- Lobbying > United States
- Mass media > Political aspects > United States
- Mass media and public opinion > United States
- Internet > Political aspects
- Lobbying
- Mass media and public opinion
- Mass media > Political aspects
- Political participation > Computer network resources
- Politics and government > Public opinion
- United States > Politics and government > Public opinion. > 1993-
- United States
- Note
- On front of dust jacket cover: "How big-money lobbyists and the media are losing their influence, and the Internet is giving power back to the people."
- Contents
- Pt.1, How the Internet is taking over. Vox populi in cyberspace -- The incredible shrinking Congress -- Virtual elections -- The diminishing importance of money in elections -- The new voters: the X generation asserts its power -- How the Internet will change the media -- Campaigning to win the Fifth Estate -- The end of polling -- The weakening of political parties -- the lobbyists meet democracy -- State and local politics -- How the Internet will change the justice system -- International democracy -- The empire strikes back -- The inevitable backlash.
- Pt.2, Lessons of the unimpeachment--how the Fourth Estate blew it. How the Fourth Estate took power -- The decline of the Fourth Estate -- The death of scandal -- Direct communication wins out -- How the politicians blew it: partisanship made Americans sick -- Congress is losing its power.
- ISBN
- 1580631053
- 9781580631051
- LCCN
- 99067457
- OCLC
- ocm42877488
- 42877488
- SCSB-964514
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library