Introduction : direct democracy, political knowledge, and the Internet -- Internet politics and the computer science of Google -- Google search returns on ballot measures -- Click behavior and direct democracy -- Learning happens : political knowledge and three ballot measures -- Internet research and intellectually secure decisions in direct democracy -- Real-world applications : does Google use correlate with real-world political behavior? -- Conclusions and directions for future research.
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