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Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 66 205; marginal returns and, 205, 206;
framing, 75, 87, 131, 145, 154, 161, 164 mediation of, 39–41, 45; penny papers
and, 52; policy development and, 17;
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 73 political change and, 12; political size
General Social Survey (GSS), 223, 224 and, 36–38, 39; recording and archiving
Gilded Age, 62–63, 69, 72 of, 91; relationship to structural
Girl Scouts, 67 features of society, 95–96; relationship
Gore, Albert, Jr., 123, 154, 155, 172, 185, to technology, 8, 230–231; responsible
186, 187, 193, 194 citizen and, 197; role of state
Great Depression, 62, 212 governments, 39; sources of inequality,
Green, Ben, 186, 187 239–240; unitary government and, 38.
Greenpeace, 135, 136, 140 See also information regimes;
gun control: American Bar Association, information revolutions; information
Coordinating Committee on Gun technology
Violence and, 161; American Jewish information regimes: broadcast television
Congress and, 161; Citizens and, 86; general theory of, 18–21,
Committee for the Right to Keep and 25–27, 33, 62, 65, 69, 75, 89, 91,
Bear Arms and, 161; Gun Owners of 119–120, 196, 199–200, 209, 217, 228,
America and, 161; politics of, 161–173; 230, 245–249; information specialists
Second Amendment Sisters and, and, 85; political influence and, 22;
169–171; survey data and, 162 specialized groups and, 74;
Gutenberg bible, 9 technological developments and,
59–60. See also information revolutions
Hamilton, Alexander, 34–35, 39–40, information revolutions: broadcasting
43–44, 50, 106 and, 19; characteristics of, 91–92;
Handgun Control, Inc., see Brady collective action and, 18; definition of,
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 15, 20; general theory of, 13, 17–18,
Harding, Warren G., 78 21–22, 25, 26–27, 33, 50, 87, 89, 91, 92,
Harrison, Benjamin, 46 119, 196, 197–200, 203, 217, 229–231,
Health Insurance Association of America, 237, 240, 242, 245–247;
83 industrialization and, 62; mass
Hoover, Herbert, 78, 79 audience and, 75–78; pluralism and,
19; political parties and, 71–72,
industrial revolution, 13, 19, 20, 21, 62–76 174–175, 185; postal service and, 19;
information: abundance, 28, 29, 31, voting behavior and, 199, 200. See also
89–95, 97–109, 112, 125, 143, 188, 190, information regimes
192, 197, 200, 203, 205, 227, 229–231, information technology: acceleration of
239–243, 246; campaign advertising political processes and, 191–192;
and, 101; citizenship and, 35–38; bulletin boards and, 28; Center for
conflicting sources of, 205; cost of, Information and Reform Action
8, 21, 22, 24–26, 45, 46, 74, 87, 89–90, Network (PIJAR) and, 235; changes in
95–102, 107, 132, 146, 182, 188–194, characteristics of information and, 96;
196, 201, 205, 210, 231, 240–242; cheap talk problem and, 107–108,
environmental knowledge culture and, 194–195; citizen engagement and, 197,
137; factions and, 41–47; formation of 198; competition for engagement and,
groups and, 92; Hotelling effect and, 191; contemporary characteristics of,
204; instrumental approach to, 200, 204–205; cost of, 158, 172, 180, 187,

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