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
fDate :
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2006.147
