Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Direct Democracy, Political Knowledge, and the Internet; 2 Internet Politics and the Computer Science of Google; 3 Google Search Returns on Ballot Measures; 4 Click Behavior and Direct Democracy; 5 Learning Happens: Political Knowledge and Three Ballot Measures; 6 Internet Research and Intellectually Secure Decisions in Direct Democracy; 7 Real-World Applications: Does Google Use Correlate With Real-World Political Behavior?; 8 Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; Appendix; Index
