Communication power

By:

Castells, Manuel

Material type: Text

9780199681938

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.23 23 CAS-C

LOC classification:

HM1206 .C376 2013

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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Sociology	REF 302.23 CAS-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		012238		New Media and Society UG/PG MNS

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Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-543) and index.

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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