On front of dust jacket cover: "How big-money lobbyists and the media are losing their influence, and the Internet is giving power back to the people."
Contents:
Pt.1, How the Internet is taking over. Vox populi in cyberspace -- The incredible shrinking Congress -- Virtual elections -- The diminishing importance of money in elections -- The new voters: the X generation asserts its power -- How the Internet will change the media -- Campaigning to win the Fifth Estate -- The end of polling -- The weakening of political parties -- the lobbyists meet democracy -- State and local politics -- How the Internet will change the justice system -- International democracy -- The empire strikes back -- The inevitable backlash. Pt.2, Lessons of the unimpeachment--how the Fourth Estate blew it. How the Fourth Estate took power -- The decline of the Fourth Estate -- The death of scandal -- Direct communication wins out -- How the politicians blew it: partisanship made Americans sick -- Congress is losing its power.
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