ISBN:
9780199681938
,
9780199567041
Language:
English
Pages:
XLVII, 574 S.
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
[2nd edition]
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Castells, Manuel, 1942 - Communication power
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Castells, Manuel, 1942 - Communication power
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Castells, Manuel, 1942 - Communication power
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Communication
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Communication and technology
;
Communication
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Communication and technology
;
Massenkommunikation
;
Macht
;
Medientechnik
Abstract:
Drawing on a wide range of social and psychological theories, Castells presents original research on political processes and social movements. He applies this analysis to numerous recent events - the misinformation of the American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement to preventclimate change, the control of information in China and Russia, Barak Obama's internet-based presidential campaigns, and (in this new edition) responses to recent political and economic crises such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. On the basis of these case studies he proposes a newtheory of power in the information age based on the management of communication networks
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Power in the Network Society2. Communication in the Digital Age -- 3. Networks of Mind and Power -- 4. Programming Communication Networks: Media Politics, Scandal Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy -- 5. Reprogramming Communication Networks: Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the New Public Space -- Conclusion: Toward a Communication Theory of Power.
Note:
Previous edition: 2009
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