The digital divide, political participation, and place

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-74

  Sylvester, Dari E ^a   McGlynn, Adam J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Political participation; Rural and urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949410621     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439309335148     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Arrison, S. (2003). Why digital dividers are out of step. Heartland Institute: Infotech and Telecom News. Retrieved fromhttp://www.heartland.org/publications/infotech%20telecom/article/13330/Why_Digital_Dividers_are_Out_of_Step.html Retrieved 4/3/09.
2. Best, S.J., & Krueger, B.S. (2005). Analyzing the representativeness of Internet political participation. Political Behavior, 27, 183-216.
3. Bimber, B. (2001). Information and political engagement in America: The search for the effects of information technology at the individual level. Political Research Quarterly, 54, 53-67.
4. Brady, H.E., Verba, S., & Schlozman, K.L. (1995). Beyond SES: A resource model of political participation (Socioeconomic Status As Explanation for Political Activity). American Political Science Review, 89, 271-294.
5. Brants, K., Huizenga, M., & Lehman, K. (1996). The new canals of Amsterdam: An exercise in local electronic democracy. Media, Culture, & Society, 18, 233-247.
6. Brodie, M., Flournoy, R.E., Altman, D.E., Blendon, R.J., Benson, J.M., & Rosenbaum, M.D. (2000). Health information, the Internet, and the digital divide. Health Affairs, 19, 255-265.
7. Compaine, B.M. (2001). The digital divide: Facing a crisis or creating a myth? Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
8. Consumer Federation of America. (2000). Disconnected, disadvantaged, and disenfranchised: Explorations in the digital divide. Washington, DC: Cooper, M.N.
9. Downs, A. (1957). An economic theory of democracy. New York: Harper and Row.
10. Gomez, B.T., Hansford, T.G., & Krause, G.A. (2007). The republicans should pray for rain: Weather, turnout, and voting in U.S. presidential elections. Journal of Politics, 69, 649-663.
11. Grubesic, T. (n.d.). A spatial taxonomy of broadband regions in the United States. Retrieved fromhttp://telecom.cide.edu/include/internet_conference_2005/TGrubesic_Spatial_Anlysis.ppt Retrieved 4/3/09.
12. Jackson, L.A., Barbatsis, G., von Eye, A., Biocca, F., Zhao, Y., & Fitzgerald, H. (2003). Internet use in low-income families: Implications for the digital divide. IT & Society, 1, 141-165. Retrieved fromhttp://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i05.html Retrieved 4/3/09.
13. Jennings, M.K., & Zeitner, V. (2003). Internet use and civic engagement: A longitudinal analysis. Public Opinion Quarterly, 67, 311-334.
14. Kobayashi, T., Ikeda, K., & Miyata, K. (2006). Social capital online: Collective use of the Internet and reciprocity as lubricants of democracy. Information, Communication & Society, 9, 582-611.
15. Lawless, J.L., & Fox, R.L. (2001). Political participation of the urban poor. Social Problems, 48, 362-385.
16. Lee, T.T., & Wei, L. (2008). How newspaper readership affects political participation. Newspaper Research Journal, 29, 8-23.
17. Mossberger, K., Tolbert, C.J., & Stansbury, M. (2003). Virtual inequality: Beyond the digital divide. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
18. Nie, N.H., & Erbring, L. (2002). Internet and society: A preliminary report. IT & Society, 1, 275-283. Retrieved fromhttp://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i01.htmlRetrieved4/3/09.
19. Polat, R.K. (2005). The Internet and political participation: Exploring the explanatory links. European Journal of Communication, 20, 435-459.
20. Riker, W.H., & Ordeshook, P.C. (1968). A theory of calculus of voting. The American Political Science Review, 62, 25-42.
21. Shah, D.V., Cho, J., Eveland, W.P., Jr., & Kwak, N. (2005). Information and expression in a digital age: Modeling Internet effects on civic participation. Communication Research, 32, 531-565.
22. Streck, J.M. (1997). Pulling the plug on electronic town meetings: Participatory democracy and the reality of the usenet. New Political Science, 41, 17-46.
23. Tolbert, C.J., & McNeal, R.S. (2003). Unraveling the effects of the Internet on political participation. Political Research Quarterly, 56, 175-185.
24. U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2006). Telecommunications: Broadband deployment is extensive throughout the United States, but it is difficult to assess the extent of deployment gaps in rural areas (GAO Publication No. GAO-06-426). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
25. Verba, S., & Nie, N.H. (1987). Participation in America: Political democracy and social equality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
26. Verba, S., Schlzoman, K.L., & Brady, H.E. (1995). Voice and equality: Civic voluntarism in American politics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
27. Weber, L.M., Loumakis, A., & Bergman, J. (2003). Who participates and why? An analysis of citizens on the Internet and the mass public. Social Science Computer Review, 21, 26-42.
28. Zukin, C., Keeter, S., Andolina, M., Jenkins, K., & DelliCarpini, M.X. (2006). A new engagement?: Political participation, civic life, and the changing American citizen. New York: Oxford University Press Inc.