ISBN:
9780190688394
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford Studies Digital Politics Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Information society
;
Internet-Social aspects
;
Pluralism
;
Responsibility
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In the eighteenth century, the printing press enabled the rise of an independent press--the Fourth Estate--that helped check the power of governments, business, and industry. In similar ways, the internet is enabling the empowerment of a more independent collectivity of networked individuals--the Fifth Estate. Dutton uses estate theory to illuminate the most important power shift of the digital age. He argues that this network power shift is not only enabling greater democratic accountability in politics and governance but is also empowering networked individuals in their everyday life and work.
Abstract:
Cover -- Series -- The Fifth Estate -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Reconfiguring Informational and Communicative Power -- Part I The Foundations of the Fifth Estate -- 1. The Idea and Evidence of a Fifth Estate -- 2. Fifth Estate Theories of Distributed and Network Power -- Part II Fifth Estate Strategies -- 3. Searching -- 4. Originating -- 5. Networking -- 6. Collaborating -- 7. Leaking -- Part III Shaping the Future of the Fifth Estate -- 8. A Power Shift for Democracy and Society -- 9. Threats to the Fifth Estate -- 10. The Future of the Fifth Estate -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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