Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv View all Issues in Depth Media & Politics: Communications and the Media     Printer-Friendly Politics Moves Online: Campaigning and the Internet Michael Cornfield, Century Foundation Press, 2/20/2004 Beginning with the 2000 presidential election, online campaigning, fund-raising, and get-out-the-vote initiatives have become a critical piece of today’s political environment. But is this the way of the future in campaigns? Table of Contents (PDF) Order Online Download the Preface (PDF) Download Chapter 1: "Internet Time" (PDF) Learn about the panel discussion The Control Revolution: How the Internet is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know Andrew L. Shapiro, PublicAffairs, 6/15/1999 Recent developments in the Internet’s availability and capabilities may indicate a potentially radical shift in the power structure of communications and society. Table of Contents (pdf) Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media Tom Rosenstiel, Bill Kovach, Century Foundation Press, 4/1/1999 The media spotlight has turned from the political and legal wars in Washington over Monicagate to bombs over Belgrade and a massacre in a high school in Littleton. Order Online Opening Salvos: Who Should Participate in Presidential Debates? Carlos T. Angulo, Clifford M. Sloan, Newton N. Minow, The Century Foundation, 2/9/1999 "Opening Salvos" responds to recent critiques of televised presidential debates, offers recommendations for improving the system's integrity. Read the Paper TV or Not TV: Television, Justice, and the Courts Ronald L. Goldfarb, New York University Press, 5/1/1998 TV or Not TV argues convincingly that society gains much more than it loses when trials are open to public scrutiny and discussion. The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age Lawrence K. Grossman, Viking, 9/1/1996 A new politics is taking form in the United States, spurred by the increasing public distrust of government and a telecommunications revolution that offers people unprecedented access to elected officials and to each other. The New Information Infrastructure: Strategies for U.S. Policy William Drake, Century Foundation Press, 10/15/1995 The United States is at a turning point in the history of communications and information. Decisions concerning development of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) will shape government policy and industry structure for years to come. Read a Synopsis Copyright 2010 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430