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collective action (cont.) 89, 99, 123, 124, 196, 245, 246, 248;
49, 57; event-based, 103–104; free representation and, 37; scale of, 6, 36
riding and, 93, 98; in other countries, digital divide, 5, 27, 214–216, 227, 232,
231–238; information abundance and, 243
192; interest-based, 103–104; localism direct mail, 75, 100–101
and nationalism, 103; nondemocratic Downs, Anthony 201–204, 205, 227, 241
groups and, 238; organizations and, 22, Durkheim, Emile, 62, 64, 65
98–99, 107; theory of, 2–3, 93–94, 98,
191; Tocqueville and, 92–94, 139 EdLiNC, 156, 157, 161
Columbine, 170, 171, 172, 187 education: policy, 150–161; Elementary
Committee on Public Information, 71 and Secondary Education Act of 1964
communication: critiques of democracy, and, 152; SREK Amendment, 151, 153,
14; definition of, 11; ecology, 13, 96, 154
102; impact of urbanization, 62; Eisenhower, Dwight, 80
obstacles to, 47–48; representation and, electronic mail, 29, 90, 101, 113–117,
48. See also information 129–130, 146, 156, 167, 175–176, 179,
Computer Professionals for Social 181–182, 187, 188, 194–196, 223, 224
Responsibility, 112–113 environmental advocacy, 133–150
Congress of Industrial Organizations Environmental Defense, 122, 136,
(CIO), 82 138–150, 160, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192,
Congress, 3, 47, 53, 57–59, 70, 72, 79–80, 194, 229, 234
103, 108, 113, 114–116, 126–132, 134, Environmental Defense Fund, see
138, 143–150, 152, 156–159, 163, Environmental Defense
166–172, 193–196 Environmental Protection Agency, 134,
constructivist approach to political 146
knowledge, 209 E-Rate program, 151–161, 188, 189, 190,
Consumer Federation of America, 155 191, 193, 229
Consumer Protection and Privacy,
125–133 factions: definition of, 41; filtering
Consumers Union, 155 problem and, 41–44
Coolidge, Calvin, 78, 79 fax technology, 28, 29, 74, 116, 179, 196
Corporate Networking, Inc., 160 Federal Communications Commission,
151, 152, 154–157, 160
Daughters of the American Revolution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
67 (FDIC), 2, 21, 125–129, 131–132
Daughters of the Confederacy, 67 Federal Election Commission (FEC), 85,
Dees-Thomases, Donna, 165–168, 181 182
Defenders of Wildlife, 133, 140–147, 191, Federal Farmer, 37
194 Federal Reserve Board, 2, 66, 127, 131
democracy: communication and, 58; Federal Trade Commission, 132
crisis of integration and, 49–50; Federalist Papers: No. 10, 41; No. 21, 35;
deliberative, 7; direct, 1; disintegration No. 23, 34; No. 27, 44; No. 35, 44;
of the public sphere and, 243, 249; No. 51, 42; No. 58, 44; No. 62, 43;
fragmentation of, 7; importance of No. 64, 43, 44; No. 84,39
newspapers and, 54, 57, 59; Federalists, 14, 35–36, 40–45, 92, 198,
majoritarian, 43, 87–88, 104, 106; 241–242
pluralistic, 16, 17, 19, 22, 64, 75, 87–88, First Amendment, 45

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