Submitted by absunthium on November 14, 2007
A variety of scholars/authors have weighed in on the Internet and civics since the first book. I tried to limit my search to post-2000 literature and uncovered a great deal of analysis of the momentum of information and participation permeating political life through the Internet. However, just by quick reading of most texts, I realized that the tide has been turning so fast in the study of this phenomenon that many recent publications (2001-2003) leave out so much of what is presently mainstream. Indeed, most comprehensive studies of the past 3 years fail to mention “blogging.” Nevertheless, some significant progress has been made in the past four years.
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