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Astroturf 

Allen, J.L. (1998, May 22). Astroturf yields fake grassroots activity. National Catholic Reporter 34 (29), 4.

Austin, A. (2002). Advancing accumulation and managing its discontents: The US Antienvironmental counter movement. Sociological spectrum. 22: 71-105.

Beder, S. (1998). Public relations� role in manufacturing artificial grassroots coalitions. Public Relations Quarterly 43 (2), 20-24.

Boman, C. D., & Schneider, E. J. (2021). Finding an antidote: Testing the use of proactive crisis strategies to protect organizations from astroturf attacks. Public Relations Review, 47(1), 102004.

Cho, C. H., Martens, M. L., Kim, H., & Rodrigue, M. (2011). Astroturfing global warming: It isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence.
Journal of business ethics, 104(4), 571-587.

Deal, C. & Doroshow, J. (2003). Corporate Astroturf and Civil Justice. Multinational monitor, March, 17-22.

Holmes, P. (1998). Who�s poisoning the grassroots? Reputation Magazine.  Available at http://www.prcentral.com/mn_cover_july98.htm

Howard, P.N. & Milstein, T.J. (2003).Spiders, spam and spyware. New Media and the market for political information. In Consalvo, M. (ed) Internet studies 1.0. New York: Peter Lang.

Howard, P.N. (2003). Digitizing the social contract: Producing American political culture in the age of new media. Communications review. 6 (3), 213�245.

Lits, B. (2019). Astroturf lobbying in the EU: The case of shale gas exploration. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 12(2), 3-18.

Lits, B. (2020). Detecting astroturf lobbying movements. Communication and the Public, 5(3-4), 164-177.

Lits, B. (2021). Exploring astroturf lobbying in the EU: The case of responsible energy citizen coalition. 
European policy analysis, 7(1), 226-239.

Lock, I., Seele, P., & Heath, R. L. (2016). Where grass has no roots: The concept of ‘shared strategic communication’as an answer to unethical astroturf lobbying.
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 10(2), 87-100.

Lyon. T.P. & Maxwell, J.W. (2004). Astroturf: Interest group lobbying and corporate strategy.  Journal of economics and management strategy. 13, (4), 561-597.

Mahbub, S., Pardede, E., Kayes, A. S. M., & Rahayu, W. (2019). Controlling astroturfing on the internet: a survey on detection techniques and research challenges. International Journal of Web and Grid Services, 15(2), 139-158.

Mattingly, J.E. (2006).Radar screens, Astroturf and dirty work: A qualitative exploration of structure and process in corporate political action. Business & Society Review 111(2), 191-221.

McNutt, J.G. & Boland, K.M. (2007). Astroturf, technology and the Future of Community Mobilization: Implications for Nonprofit Theory. Journal of sociology and social welfare, 34 (3), 165-179.

Mix, T. L., & Waldo, K. G. (2015). Know (ing) your power: Risk society, astroturf campaigns, and the battle over the Red Rock coal-fired plant. The Sociological Quarterly, 56(1), 125-151.

Neagli, J. P. (2021). Grassroots, astroturf, or something in between? Semi-official WeChat accounts as covert vectors of party-state influence in contemporary China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 50(2), 180-208.

Ratkiewicz, J., Conover, M., Meiss, M., Gonçalves, B., Patil, S., Flammini, A., & Menczer, F. (2011, March). Truthy: mapping the spread of astroturf in microblog streams. In
Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web (pp. 249-252). ACM.

Sanchez, S. (1996). How the west was won: Astroturf lobbying and the wise use movement. American Prospect. (25), 337-43.

Savage, J.A. (1995). Astroturf lobbying replaces grassroots organizing. Business and Society Review (95), 8-10.

Scott, M. J. (2019). Ripping Up the Astroturf: Regulating Deceptive Corporate Advertising Methods. Iowa L. Rev., 105, 431.

Stauber, J.C. & Rampton, S. (1995). "Democracy" for hire: public relations and environmental movements. The Ecologist 25 (5), 173-180.

Walker, E. T. (2014). Grassroots for hire: Public affairs consultants in American democracy. Cambridge University Press.

Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Case, D., & Rogers, E. (1987). The adoption and social impacts of information technology in US agriculture. The Information Society,  5 (2),  057-066.

Compaine, B. M., (Ed.). (2001). The digital divide: Facing a crisis or creating a myth? Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Dillon, A. & Morris, M.G. (1996). User acceptance of information technology: Theories and models. Annual Review of information science and technology, 31, 3-32.

Grubler, A. (1997). Time for a Change: On the Patterns of Diffusion of Innovation IEEE engineering management review. 25 (2), 96

Holland, Matt (1997).Diffusion of innovation theories and their relevance to understanding the role of librarians when introducing users to networked information The Electronic library : the international journal 15 (5), 389

Huff, C. W. Dickson Jr., J. F. (1991) Finding Stable Support for Computing in Psychology: Lessons from Innovation Diffusion. Organizations Behavior research methods, instruments, & computing 23 (2), 130

Huff, S. & McNaughton, J. (1991). Diffusion of an Information Technology Innovation The Business quarterly. 56 (1), 25

Light, P.C. (1998). Sustaining innovation: Creating nonprofit and governmental organizations that innovate naturally. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Lundblad, J. (2003). A Review and Critique of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory as it Applies to Organizations. Organization Development Journal. 21, (4),  50

Nambisan, S. & Wang, Y. (2000). Web technology adoption and knowledge barriers. Journal of organizational computing and electronic commerce. 10(2), 129-147.

Norris, D.F. (1999). Leading edge technologies and their adoption: lessons from US Cities. In Garson, G.D. (ed) (1999). Information technology and computer applications in public administration: Issues and trends. Harrisburg: Idea Group, 137-156.

Perry, C. A. & Rice, R. E. (1999). Network Influences on Involvement in the Hybrid Problem Area of Developmental Dyslexia. Science communication. 21 (1), 38

Robinson, M., Swan, J. & Newell, S. (1996). The role of networks in the diffusion of technological innovation. Journal of management studies, 33 (3), 333-359.

Rogers, E.M. (2003). The Diffusion of innovation. [Fifth Edition]. New York: Free Press.

Rodger, J. A. Pendharkar, Parag C. Bhatt, Ganesh D. (1996).Diffusion Theory and The Adoption of Software Innovation: Common Errors and Future Issues Journal of high technology management research., 7 (1), 1

Slappendel, C. (1996). Perspectives on innovation in organization. Organizational studies. 17, (1), 107-129.

Strang, D. & Soule, S.A. (1998). Diffusion in organizations and social movements: from hybrid corn to poison pills. Annual review of sociology. 22 (1), 265-91.

Surry, D. W. (1997). Diffusion theory and instructional technology. Paper presented at 1997 Annual Conference of the Association for educational communications and technology, Albuquerque, MN. Downloaded on April 12, 1999 from http://gsu.edu/-wwwitr/docs/diffusion/index.html.

Information Poverty and the Digital Divide

Barthold, C. & McNutt, J. G. (2009). The Emerging therapeutic system and the digital divide.  Ferro E., Dwivedi Y.K., Ramon G, Williams M.D. (Eds.).  Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society. Harrisburg: IGI Books.

Compaine, B.M. (2001). The digital divide: facing a crisis or creating a myth? Cambridge: MIT Press.

Ebo, B. (Ed.). (1998). The cyberghetto or cybertopia: race, class, gender & marginalization in cyberspace. New York: Praeger.

McConnaughey, J., Nila, C.A. & Sloan, T. (1995). Falling through the cracks: a survey of the "have nots" in rural and urban America. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce. Available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fallingthru.html

McConnaughey, J., Everette, D.W., Reynolds, T. & Lader, W. (1999). Falling through the net: defining the digital divide. Washington, DC: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

McNutt, J.G. (1996). National information infrastructure policy and the future of the American welfare state: implications for the social welfare policy curriculum. Journal of Social Work Education 6 (3), 375-388.

McNutt, J.G. (1998). Ensuring social justice for the new underclass: community interventions to meet the needs of the new poor. In Ebo, B. (Ed.), The Cyberghetto or Cybertopia: Race, Class, Gender & Marginalization in Cyberspace (pp. 33-47). New York: Praeger.

McNutt, J.G., Queiro-Tajalli, I., Boland, K.M. & Campbell, C. (2001). Information poverty and the Latino community: implications for social work practice and social work education. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work 10 (4), 1-20.

Morino Institute (2001). From access to outcomes: raising the aspirations for technology initiatives in low income communities. Available at http://www.morino.org/divides/

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (2004). A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age. Washington, DC: United States Department of Commerce

Norris, P. (2001). Digital divide. New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Queiro-Tajalli, I. & McNutt, J.M. (1998, March). Information poverty and the Latino community: implications for practice and education. Presentation at the 1998 CSWE Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Selwin, N. (2004). Reconsidering political and popular understandings of the digital divide. New Media and society. 6 (3), 341-362.

Strover, S.(2003). Remapping the Digital Divide. The Information Society, 19, (4), 275-277.

Van Dijk, J., & Hacker, K. (2003). The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon The Information Society, 19, (4), 315-326.

Vehovar, V., P. Sicherl, T. H�sing, & V. Dolnicar. (2006). Methodological Challenges of Digital Divide Measurements. The Information Society,  22, (5), 279-290.

Community Networks

Beacham, A. & Henry, M. (1997). Neighborhood networks: putting people to work. Journal of Housing and Community Development 54 (6), 31-35.

Beamish, A. (1995). Communities on-line: community-based computer networks. Masters Thesis, Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Available at http://alberti.mit.edu/arch/4.207/anneb/thesis/toc.html.

Chapman, G. & Rhodes, L. (1997, October). Nurturing neighborhood nets. Technological Review.

Cisler, S. (1995). Can we keep community networks running? Computer- Mediated Communication Magazine 2 (1), 6. http://metalab.unc.edu/cmc/mag/1995/jan/cisler.html

Cisler, S. (1993). Community computer networks: building electronic greenbelts. Available at http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/resources/greenbelts.txt

Civille, R., Fidelman, M. & Altobello, J. (1993). A national strategy for civic networking: a vision of change. Charlestown, MA: The Center for Civic Networking.

Cohill, A.M. & Kavanaugh, A. (Eds.). (1999). Community networks: lessons learned from Blacksburg, Virginia (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Artech.

Doheny-Farina, D. (1996). The Wired Neighborhood. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Landon, S. (1997). Civic networks: building community on the net. Available at http://www.west.net/~insight/london/networks.htm

Lappe, L. & Du Boise, P. (1994). The quickening of America. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

McNutt, J.G. (1996, November). Community computer networks and the non-profit social services delivery system. Presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Association of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Scholars, New York, NY.

McNutt, J.G. & Rothman, D.M. (1997, December). Patterns of interaction between non-profit human services agencies and community computer networks. Presentation at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Indianapolis, IN.

Molz, R.K. (1994). Civic networking in the United States: a report by Columbia University students. Internet Research 4 (4), 52-62.

Odasz, F. (1995). Issues in the development of community cooperative networks. In Kahin, B. & Keller, J. (Eds.), Public Access to the Internet (pp. 115-137). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Odasz, F. (1994). Community economic development networks: a grassroots leadership challenge. Internet Research, 4 (1), 2-6.

Pinkett, R. (2003). Community Technology and Community Building: Early Results from the Creating Community Connections Project. The Information Society, 19, (5), 365-379.

Schuler, D. (1994). Community networks: building a new participatory medium. Communications of the ACM 37 (1), 39-51.

Schuler, D. (1996). New community networks: wired for change. Reading, MA: Addison- Wesley.

Servon, L.J. & Horrigan, J.B. (1996). Urban poverty and access to information technology: a role for local government. New Brunswick: Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research Working Paper No. 115.

Stoecker, R. & Stuber, A.C. (1997). Limited access: the Information Superhighway and Ohio�s neighborhood-based organizations. Computers in Human Services 14 (1), 39-57.

Virnoche, M.E. (1998). The seamless web and communications equity: the shaping of a community network. Science, Technology and Human Values 23 (2), 199-221. 

E-Government

Balutis, A.P. (2001). E-government strategy 2001, Part 1: understanding the challenge and evolving strategies. The Public Manager 30 (1), 33-37.

Balutis, A.P. (2001). E-government strategy 2001, Part 2: evolving strategies for action. The Public Manager 30 (2), 41-45.

Baxandall, P. & Wohlschlegel, K.. (2010). Following the Money Washington, DC: U.S. PIRG Education Fund. Retrieved from http://cdn.publicinterestnetwork.org/assets/b3ba157e28d82952ee5b7a3f84e88499/Following-the-Money-USPIRG.pdf..

Becker, S. A. (2004). E-government visual accessibility for older adult users. Social Science Computer Review, 22(1), 11-23.

Becker, T. (1993). Teledemocracy: Gathering momentum in state and local governance. Spectrum: The Journal of State and Government, 66(2), 14-19.

Becker, T. (2004). Teledemocratic innovations that public officials ignore: At our great peril. In M. M�lki�, A. Anttiroiko & R. Savolainen (Eds.), eTransformation in Governance: New directions in government and politics (pp. 51-66). Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.

Becker, T. & Slaton, C. (2000). The future of teledemocracy. New York: Praeger.

Bekkers, V. (2003). E-government and the emergence of virtual organizations in the public sector. Information polity 8, 89-101.

Bertot, J. C., & Jaeger, P. T. (2006). User-centered e-government: Challenges and benefits for government websites. Government Information Quarterly, 23(2), 163-168.

Biancucci. R.J., Goode, L.J., Hunter, P.A., Owings, K., Tucker, A. & Willett, R.B. (2001). 2001 CFO survey-a preview: electronic government. Journal of Government Financial Management 50 (2), 36-39.

Bellamy, C, & Taylor, J. A. (1998). Governing in the information age. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Bovens, M. & Zouridis, S. (2002). From street-level to system-level bureaucracies: How information and communication technology is transforming administrative discretion and constitution control. Public Administration Review, 62(2), 174-184.

Brainard, L. & McNutt, J.G.  (2010). Virtual Government-Citizen Relations: Old Public Administration, New Public Management or New Public Service? Administration and Society. 42: 836-858

Carter, M. & Turner, R. (2001). Plugged in turning up an assessment of state legislative websites. Washington, DC: OMBWatch.

Coleman, R., Lieber, P., Mendelson, A., & Kurpius, D. (2008) Public life and the internet: If you build a better website, will citizens become engaged? New Media & Society. 10, 179-201.

Cooper, C. (2004). Internet use in state legislatures. Social science computer review.22 (3), 347-354.

Cooper, C. A. (2002). E-mail in the state legislature: Evidence from three states. State and Local Government Review, 34, 127-132.

Cooper, C.A. (2004). Internet use in the state legislature: A research note. Social Science Computer Review . 22, (3), 347.

Davis, R. (1999). The Web of politics: the Internet�s impact on the American political system. New York: Oxford University Press.

Edmiston, K. D. (2003). State and local e-government: Prospects and challenges. American Review of Public Administration, 33(1), 20-45.

Eggers, W. (2005). Government 2.0. Lantham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Ferber, P. Foltz, F. Pugliese, R. (2008) Demographics and political characteristics affecting state legislature websites: The quality and digital divides. Journal of Political Marketing 7 (1),  48-68.

Fountain, J. (2001). Building the digital state. Washington, DC: Brookings.

Gil-Garcia, J. R. & Pardo, T. A.  (2005). E-Government  success factors: Mapping practical tools to theoretical foundations. Government Information Quarterly, 22,  187-216.

Gil-Garcia, J.R. (2007). Understanding the evolution of e-government: The influence of systems of rules on public sector dynamics. Government Information Quarterly 24 (2) 266�290

Goldsmith, S. &  Eggers, W. D. (2004). Governing by network: The New shape of the public sector. Washington, DC: Brookings.

Greene, R. (2001). Open access: GIS in e-government. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.

Greene, R.W. (2000). GIS in public policy. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.

Haskett, G. & McNutt, J.G. (2003, February 27 � March 2). Teaching social work students about e-government: a challenge for the social policy curriculum. Presentation at the 49th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Atlanta, GA.

Ho, A. T.-K. (2002). Reinventing local governments and the e-government initiative. Public Administration Review, 62(4), 434-444.

Holden, S. H., Norris, D. F., & Flethcher, P. D. (2003). Electronic government at the local level. Public Performance & Management Review, 26(4), 325-344.

Holmes, D. (2001). E-gov: e-business strategies for government. London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

Holzer, M., Manoharan, A., Shick, R. & Stowers, G. (2008). U.S. State E-Government Report. Newark, NJ: National center for public performance. Retrieved fromhttp://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~egovinst/Website/PDFs/US%20State%20Survey%20(Full%20Report).pdf

Jaeger, P. T. (2003). The endless wire: E-government as global phenomenon. Government Information Quarterly, 20(4), 323-331.

Jaeger, P. T. (2004). Beyond Section 508: The spectrum of legal requirements for accessible e-government websites in the United States. Journal of Government Information, 30(4), 518-533.

Jaeger, P. T. (2004). The social impact of an accessible e-democracy: Disability law in the development of the e-government. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 15(1), 19-26.

Jaeger, P. T. (2005). Deliberative democracy and the conceptual foundations of electronic government. Government Information Quarterly, 22(4), 702-719.

Jaeger, P. T. (2006). Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government websites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Government Information Quarterly, 23(2), 169-190.

Jaeger, P. T. (2006). Telecommunications policy and individuals with disabilities: Issues of accessibility and social inclusion in the policy and research agenda. Telecommunications Policy, 30(2), 112-124.

Justice, J., McNutt, J. & Smith, E.** (2011).  Holding state governments accountable for the public purse: What institutional, organizational and environmental factors promote fiscal transparency?  Paper accepted to be read at the First Global Conference on Transparency Research. May 19-20, Newark, NJ  [Juried]

Kim, S. & Layne, K. (2001). Making the connection: e-government and public administration education. Journal of Public Affairs Education 7 (4), 229-240.

Kim, S. & Lee, H. (2006). The Impact of Organizational Context and IT on Employee Knowledge Sharing Capabilities in Public and Private Organizations.   Public Administration Review, 66(3): 370-385. 

Kim, S.  (2006). Electronic Government Leadership and HRM Capacity Building in Local Government.  Personnel-Mix 9-10(043-044): 101-104 

Larsen, E. & Rainie, L. (2002). Digital town hall: how officials use the Internet and the civic benefits they cite from dealing with constituents on-line. Washington DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Lathrop, D. & Ruma, L. (2010). (ed) Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice. Sevastopol, CA: O�Reilly

Lemmon, P. & Carter, M. (1998). Speaking up in the Internet age. Washington, DC: OMBWatch.

Loader, B. D. (Ed.). (1997). The Governance of Cyberspace. London: Routledge.

McNutt, J.G.  (2006). Electronic Government, the Internet and Disasters: An Emerging Relationship. Documents to the people.  34 (1), 17-21.

McNutt, J.G., Lima, J., Penkaukaus, K. & Rusoff, M. (1999, November). A study of the impact of Internet based technologies on the legislative process at the state level. Presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Arlington, VA.

McNutt, J.G., Boland, K.M. & Haskett, G. (2002, November 14-16). Electronic government and electronic advocacy: an empirical exploration of relationships and patterns. Presentation at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Montreal, Quebec.

McNutt, J., Justice, J. & Smith, E. (2011).State Fiscal Transparency, E-Government Performance and Social Capital.  Paper accepted to be read at the Urban Affairs Association�s 41st Conference Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future New Orleans, Louisiana March 16-19, 2011. [Juried]

McNutt, J. G. & Brainard, L. (2011). Electronic Government, social capital,  and levels of On-line Participation at the State Level. Paper Accepted to be Read at 2011 Meeting on the American Society for Public Administration, Baltimore, MD March 11-15 [Juried]

McNutt, J.G. (2010). social networking and constituent relationships at the state level:  connecting government to citizens in a time of crisis. Paper Read at the Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) Newark, New Jersey - October 22-23, 2010  [Juried]

McNutt, J. G. & Brainard, L. (2010). Citizen Participation and Electronic Government in the States: Help or Hindrance? Paper read at the Urban Affairs Association 40th Conference Sustaining Cities in a Time of Globalization: Social, Economic and Political Realities. March 10 - 13, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii  [Juried]

Milakovich, M.E. (2012). Digital governance: New technologies for improving public service and participation. New York, NY: Routledge

Milward, H.B. & Snyder, L.O. (1996). Electronic government: linking citizens to public organizations through technology. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 6 (2), 261-275.

Moon, M. J. (2002). The evolution of e-government among municipalities: rhetoric or reality? Public Administration Review, 62(4), 424-433.

Noveck, B. (2009). WikiGovernment. Washington, DC: Brookings.

O�Looney, J. A. (2002). Wiring governments: Challenges and possibilities for public managers. Westport: Quorum Books.

Pole, A. J. (2000). The role computing technology and the New York State Legislature. In G. David Garson (Ed.), Handbook of public information systems. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Relyea, H. C. (2001). E-gov: The federal overview. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27(2), 131-148.

 Rocheleau, B. (2000). Prescriptions for public-sector information management: A review, analysis, and critique. American Review of Public Administration, 30(4), 414-435.

West, D.M. (2000). Assessing e-government: the Internet, democracy and service delivery by state and local government. Available at http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovtreport00.html

West, D.M. (2001, August 30 - September 2). E-government and the transformation of public sector service delivery. Presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA. 

West, D.M. (2005). Digital government: Technology and public sector performance. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Virtual Volunteering

Cravens. J. (2000). Virtual Volunteering: Online Volunteers Providing Assistance to Human Service Agencies. Journal of Technology in Human Services 17 (2-3), 119 - 136.

Murray, V. & Harrison, Y. (2002).  Virtual volunteering: Current status and future prospects.  Toronto:  Canadian Center for Philanthropy

Evaluating Advocacy

Andrews, K. T., Ganz, M.,  Baggetta, M.,  Han, H., & Lim, C.  (2010).  Leadership, membership, and voice:  Civic associations that work.  American Journal of Sociology, 115(4):  1191-1242.

Egbert M. & Hoechstetter, S. (2006). Mission Possible: Evaluating Advocacy Grants. Foundation 47 (1). Available at http://www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=3545

Harvard Evaluation Exchange (2007). Special Issue on Evaluating policy and advocacy.13 (1)  Available at http://www.hfrp.org/var/hfrp/storage/original/application/6bdf92c3d7e970e7270588109e23b678.pdf

Innovation Network (2008). Speaking for Themselves: Advocates' Perspectives on Evaluation. Baltimore: Annie E Casey Foundation

Knott, J.H., Weissert, C.S. & Henry, R.C.(1999). Evaluating the impact on public policy of foundation sponsored programs in the health professions. Evaluation and the health professions. 22 (3), 342-357.

McNutt, J.G. (2006). Building Evidence Based Advocacy in Cyberspace: A Social Work Imperative for the New Millennium.
Journal of evidence-based practice 3 (2/3) 91-102.
 
Reisman, J., Gienapp,A. & Stachowik, S. (2007). A Guide to measuring advocacy and policy. Baltimore: Annie E Casey Foundation.

Reisman, J., Gienapp,A. & Stachowik, S. (2007). A Handbook of data collection tools: A Companion to " A Guide to measuring advocacy and policy." Baltimore: Annie E Casey Foundation.

Stead, M. Hastings, G. & Eadie, D. (2002). The challenge of evaluating complex interventions: a framework for evaluating media advocacy  Health Education. Research, 17(3): 351 - 364

Treno, A. & Holder H.D. (1997). Community Mobilization, Organizing, and Media Advocacy: A Discussion of Methodological Issues
Evaluation Review, 21(2): 166 - 190.

Google Trends and Insight for Search

Barclay, E. (2008). Predicting the next pandemic. Lancet. ;372(9643):1025-6.

Breyer, B.N.& Eisenberg, M. L  (2010). Use of Google in Study of Noninfectious Medical Conditions. Epidemiology: 21 (4), 584-585

Choi, H. & Varian, H. (2009) Predicting the present with Google Trends. Google, Inc. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1659302

Ginsberg J, Mohebbi MH, Patel RS, Brammer L, Smolinski MS & Brilliant L(2009) Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data. Nature 2009;457:1012�4.

Googling the future; Economic indicators.(2009, April 18). The Economist. 391,(8627), 82

Pelat C, Turbelin C, Bar-Hen A, Flahaut A &Valleron A-J. (2009). More diseases tracked by using Google Trends. Emerging Infectious Disease. 15, 1327-8.

Polgreen PM, Chen Y, Pennock DM & Nelson FD (2008).Using internet searches for influenza surveillance. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 47,1443�8.

Purcell, K. (2011). Search and email still top the list of most popular online activities. Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Search-and-email.aspx

Reis, B.Y & Brownstein, J.S. (2010). Measuring the impact of health policies using Internet search patterns: the case of abortion BMC Public Health 10, 514

Ripberger, J.T. (2011) Capturing Curiosity: Using Internet Search Trends to Measure Public Attentiveness. Policy Studies Journal39 (2), 239-259

Scharkow, M. (2011).Measuring the Public Agenda using Search Engine Queries. Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research 23 (1), 104-113.

Scheitle, C. P. (2011).  Google's Insights for Search: A Note Evaluating the Use of Search Engine Data in Social Research. Social Science Quarterly, 92,(1), 285-295.

Schuster, N.M., Rogers, M. &McMahon, L.(2010). Using Search Engine Query Data to Track Pharmaceutical Utilization: A Study of Statins. American Journal of Managed Care. 16(8), e215-e219

Seifter A, Schwarzwalder A, Geis K, Aucott J. (2010). The utility of "Google Trends" for epidemiological research: Lyme disease as an example. Geospatial Health. 4(2):135-7.

Sherman,-Morris, K., Senkbeil, R. & Carver, R. (2011).Who's Googling What? What Internet Searches Reveal about Hurricane Information Seeking. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, (8), 975-985

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