Communication power
Castells, Manuel
Communication power by Manuel Castells. - 2nd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 - xlvii, 574 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-543) and index.
1. Power in the Network Society 2. 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.
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.
9780199681938
2013478683
GBB342748 bnb
016327951 Uk
Communication.
Power (Social sciences)
Communication and technology.
HM1206 / .C376 2013
302.23 / CAS-C
Communication power by Manuel Castells. - 2nd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 - xlvii, 574 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-543) and index.
1. Power in the Network Society 2. 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.
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.
9780199681938
2013478683
GBB342748 bnb
016327951 Uk
Communication.
Power (Social sciences)
Communication and technology.
HM1206 / .C376 2013
302.23 / CAS-C