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Communication Technology, Barney, Darin, The Canadian
Democratic Audit; Vancouver, UBC Press, 2005, pp. 210, xiii.When Darin Barney tells people he studies digital politics, they
typically ask, "So, is the Internet good for democracy or isn't
it?" (179). If you have ever wanted to know, Barney's
Communication Technology provides an extremely comprehensive
answer to questions about information and communication technologies
(ICTs), democracy and Canadian politics.

By facilitating the flow of information in society, communications technology (CT; e.g., newspapers, radio, television, the Internet) can help terrorists to (i) spread their message, (ii) recruit followers, and (iii) coordinate among group members. However, CT also facilitates monitoring and arresting terrorists. This article formulates the hypothesis that a society's level of CT is systematically related to terrorism. We introduce a simple theoretical framework, suggesting that terrorism first becomes more attractive with a rise in CT, but then decreases, following an inverted U shape. Accessing data for 199 countries from 1970 to 2014, we find evidence consistent with these predictions: terrorism peaks at intermediate ranges of CT and corresponding magnitudes are sizable. Our estimations control for a range of potentially confounding factors, as well as country fixed effects and year fixed effects. Results are robust to a battery of alternative specifications and placebo regressions. We find no evidence of a potential reporting bias explaining our findings.

By facilitating the flow of information in society, communications technology (CT; e.g., newspapers, radio, television, the Internet) can help terrorists to (i) spread their message, (ii) recruit followers, and (iii) coordinate among group members. However, CT also facilitates monitoring and arresting terrorists. This article formulates the hypothesis that a society's level of CT is systematically related to terrorism. We introduce a simple theoretical framework, suggesting that terrorism first becomes more attractive with a rise in CT, but then decreases, following an inverted U shape. Accessing data for 199 countries from 1970 to 2014, we find evidence consistent with these predictions: terrorism peaks at intermediate ranges of CT and corresponding magnitudes are sizable. Our estimations control for a range of potentially confounding factors, as well as country fixed effects and year fixed effects. Results are robust to a battery of alternative specifications and placebo regressions. We find no evidence of a potential reporting bias explaining our findings.

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Cover -- Advances in Communication Technology and Systems -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Section 1: Information and communication engineering -- The design and implementation of water conservancy information system based on WebGIS -- A sparse channel estimation method for OFDM systems based on parametric channel modelling -- Classification method of sulfur print image based on characteristics of intensity histogram -- A new information system using multimedia thin client and cloud architecture -- A high throughput satellite communication system based on the complex field network coding -- Performance analysis of genetic algorithm based downlink MIMO channel capacity enhancement for distributed antenna relay system in indoor line of-sight Wi-Fi environment -- The modeling and implementation of the sensor data acquisition device of the fall detection system -- Marsden identity of partial Said-Ball curve -- Communication relay testing and validation of unmanned aerial vehicles -- An improved real-time positioning method of indoor navigation system based on IEEE 802.11 Wlan -- Detected moving target using four-impulse cancelation cooperated with staggered pulse repetition frequency dealing with blind speed -- Design and implementation of the GSM soft modem on android smart terminals -- Research on communication cable features real-time detection technology -- Study on the characteristics of wave propagation in conductivity exponential-time-varying media by finite-difference method -- Joint transmit antenna selection and precoding in multiuser distributed MIMO systems -- An enhanced CSMA/CA algorithm based on collision avoidance after CCA deference in IEEE802.15.4 for wireless sensor network -- The design of a low offset bandgap reference -- The research on ultra wideband communication channel model of MAV