DocumentCode
931719
Title
A winter of hope and a spring of despair [computer technology in politics]
Author
Grier, David Alan
Author_Institution
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
39
Issue
5
fYear
2006
fDate
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
8
Lastpage
10
Abstract
In examining the role of computers in politics, it is all too easy to focus on the newest and most sophisticated technologies, such as the blogs and Web pages. Yet, in spite of all the claims that computing technology is changing politics and governance, we find that computing technology has been associated with government since the days of Hollerith.
Keywords
government data processing; politics; Web pages; blogs; computing technology; government; politics; Access protocols; Computers; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Engineering students; Government; Helium; Inductors; Nominations and elections; Springs; Computers and society; Computing technology; Hollerith;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2006.147
Filename
1631930
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