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Communication power / Manuel Castells.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xlvii, 574 p. : charts, forms, tables ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199681938 (pbk.)
  • 0199681937 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.23 22 CAS
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library First floor Alahram 302.23 CAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 331 Available 000038089
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Previous edition : 2009.

Index : p. 545-574.

Bibliography : p. 489-543.

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.

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