1. The Internet and Politics Agenda for Today final paper assignment -- notes concepts for this module: Political Economy Modernization Democratization how the Internet affects each of the above

2. The Internet and Politics Final Paper  NOT like the web guides: you don’t need to include site reviews  you may rely exclusively on secondary research -- books, articles, or online articles about your topic  OR your argument may benefit from primary (original) research -- such as direct observation of web sites  you could draw on many sources of online evidence (secondary sources, quantitative analysis)  OR you may want to focus on a few sites/organizations, in greater depth  in other words, your paper could include 0 to 40 sites or more

3. The Internet and Politics Political Economy  using political variables to explain economic outcomes  using economic variables to explain political outcomes  using economic models to describe politics  modernization and democratization are both topics in political economy

4. The Internet and Politics Modernization: defined social and political development measures: education, urbanization, media political participation and mobilization institutionalization attitude change economic development industrialization growth and equity

5. The Internet and Politics Modernization: issues unidirectional or reversible? does modern = Western? relationship between economic modernization and democratization

6. The Internet and Politics Democratization: defined types of regimes: authoritarian totalitarian democratic democracy as: participation contestation a bargain or pact

7. The Internet and Politics Democratization: process preconditions: economic development no government monopoly on violence fewer social divisions make it easier transition processes: mobilization/participation individual/elite leadership negotiation revolution

8. The Internet and Politics Internet & Political Economy post-industrial model information economy distributed ownership relationship to globalization promoting economic growth skills development attracting capital digital divide

9. The Internet and Politics Internet and Modernization ICTs can provide new economic opportunities in developing countries. models of ICT-led development: manufacturing/resource extraction skills-driven applications for ICT-enabled development: health communications education

10. The Internet and Politics Net and Democratization It’s hard to keep people under control if you can’t control the supply of information. top-down democratization: participation/image enhancement economic incentives (corruption) bottom-up democratization: access to information access to communications

11. The Internet and Politics Discussion