• 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