ISBN:
9781595588678
,
9781595588913
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 299 Seiten)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Digital Disconnect
DDC:
302.23/1
Keywords:
Capitalism
;
Internet Political aspects
;
Democracy
;
Internet - Political aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internet's effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, arguments on both sides fail to address the relationship between economic power and the digital world.McChesney's award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy skewered the assumption that a society drenched in commercial information is a democratic one. In Digital Disconnect McChesney returns to this provocative thesis in light of the advances of the digital age, incorporati
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 What Is the Elephant in the Digital Room?; 2 Does Capitalism Equal Democracy?; 3 How Can the Political Economy of Communication Help Us Understand the Internet?; 4 The Internet and Capitalism I:Where Dinosaurs Roam?; 5 The Internet and Capitalism II:Empire of the Senseless?; 6 Journalism Is Dead! Long Live Journalism?; 7 Revolution in the Digital Revolution?; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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