Read about my new book:
Collective Action in Organizations
Bruce Bimber is Professor of Political Science and (by affiliation) Communication at UC Santa Barbara. He studies political communication, with a focus on the relationship between digital media and patterns in human behavior, especially in the domains of political organization and collective action. He author of Information and American Democracy, which won the Price Award for Best Book on Science, Technology and Politics from the American Political Science Association, and which is available in Chinese, Arabic, and Korean. His book Campaigning Online, with Richard Davis, won the McGannon Communication Policy Award for social and ethical relevance. He is also author of The Politics of Expertise in Congress. In 1999, he founded the Center for Information Technology and Society at UC Santa Barbara, which he directed until 2006. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a past Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has a doctorate in political science from MIT, and a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Stanford.
Classes All classes employ GauchoSpace for assignments, readings, notices, and student interaction. Traditional syllabi are also available here in pdf form.
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12 American Government and Politics
PS 171 Politics and Communication
PS 197abc- Senior Honors Seminar
PS 266 - Contemp. Problems American Gov.
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594N - Technology & Society Colloquium
PS 594PC/ PS 267- Political Communication
Contact
Office: Ellison Hall 3708
Email: [Insert my last name]@polsci.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805.694.8386.
