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Citizen participation in democratic processes in the United States has been facilitated and enhanced since the mid-1990s with the diffusion and adoption of computer networking (Barber, 1984; Coleman and Gotz, 2002; Kavanaugh et al., 2005a, b; Rainie, 2005). Electronic mailing lists and Web sites pertaining to political interests grew rapidly in the late 1990s.
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Kavanaugh, A., Isenhour, P. (2009). Designing Technology for Local Citizen Deliberation. In: Carroll, J.M. (eds) Learning in Communities. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-332-3_5
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