Republic.com / Cass Sunstein
- Bib ID:
- 830928
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Sunstein, Cass R
- Online Version:
-
- Table of contents
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Sample text
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Table of contents
- Related Online Resources:
- Publisher description
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001
- 224 p. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0691070253
- Summary:
-
"See only what you want to see, hear only what you want to hear, read only what you want to read. In cyberspace, we already have the ability to filter out everything but what we wish to see, hear, and read. Cass Sunstein asks the questions, Is it good for democracy? Is it healthy for the republic? What does this mean for freedom of speech?" "Republic.com exposes the drawbacks of egocentric Internet use, while showing us how to approach the Internet as responsible citizens, not just concerned consumers. Democracy, Sunstein maintains, depends on shared experiences and requires citizens to be exposed to topics and ideas that they would not have chosen in advance. Newspapers and broadcasters helped create a shared culture, but as their role diminishes and the customization of our communications universe increases, society is in danger of fragmenting, shared communities are in danger of dissolving. In their place will arise only louder and ever more extreme echoes of our own voices, our own opinions." "In evaluating the consequences of new communications technologies for democracy and free speech, Sunstein argues the question is not whether to regulate the Net (it's already regulated), but how; proves that freedom of speech is not an absolute; and underscores the enormous potential of the Internet to promote freedom as well as its potential to promote "cybercascades" of like-minded opinions that foster and inflame hate groups. The book ends by suggesting a range of potential reforms to current misconceptions and to improve deliberative democracy and the health of the American republic."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
-
- Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Republic.com / Cass Sunstein.
- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding.
- CHAPTER 1 The Daily Me 3
- CHAPTER 2 An Analogy and an Ideal 23
- CHAPTER 3 Fragmentation and Cybercascades 51
- CHAPTER 4 Social Glue and Spreading Information 89
- CHAPTER 5 Citizens 105
- CHAPTER 6 What's Regulation? A Plea 125
- CHAPTER 7 Freedom of Speech 141
- CHAPTER 8 Policies and Proposals 167
- CHAPTER 9 Conclusion: Republic.com 191
- Bibliographical Note 203
- Notes 205
- Acknowledgments 213
- Index 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library's reading room using your library card.
Feedback
Similar items
- Internet society : the Internet in everyday life / Maria Bakardjieva
- Ideologies of the Internet / edited by Katharine Sarikakis, Daya K. Thussu
- Imagining the internet : communication, innovation, and governance / Robin Mansell
- Connected, or, What it means to live in the network society / Steven Shaviro
- Digital labor : the Internet as playground and factory / edited by Trebor Scholz