ABSTRACT
The relative health of a democracy is in large part a function of the quantity and quality of information that flows between government institutions and citizens. Bimber (2003) argued American society has undergone a series of information revolutions whereby changes in information costs, flows, and distributions have had profound implications for the balance of power between governments and citizens. Facilitating these shifts are revolutions in communication technology, which have led to information abundance, low-cost accessibility, a more symmetric distribution, and a more networked, nonlinear flow.
