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Communication power

We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and power relation
eBook, English, 2013
2nd edition View all formats and editions
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013
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9780191510434, 0191510432
1023762752
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Digital Networks and the Culture of the Autonomy: Introduction to the 2013 Edition; Opening; 1 Power in the Network Society; What is Power?; State and Power in the Global Age; Networks; The Global Network Society; The Network State; Power in the Networks; Power and Counterpower in the Network Society; Conclusion: Understanding Power Relationships in the Global Network Society; 2 Communication in the Digital Age; A Communication Revolution? Technological Convergence and the New Multimedia System: From Mass Communication to Mass Self-communicationThe Organization and Management of Communication: Global Multimedia Business Networks; The Politics of Regulatory Policies; Cultural Change in a Globalized World; The Creative Audience; Communication in the Global Digital Age; 3 Networks of Mind and Power; The Windmills of the Mind; Emotion, Cognition, and Politics; Emotion and Cognition in Political Campaigns; The Politics of Beliefs; The Framing of the Mind. Conquering the Minds, Conquering Iraq, Conquering Washington: From Misinformation to MystificationThe Power of the Frame; 4 Programming Communication Networks: Media Politics, Scandal Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy; Power-making by Image-making; The Killing (Semantic) Fields: Media Politics at Work; The Politics of Scandal; The State and Media Politics: Propaganda and Control; The Demise of Public Trust and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy; Crisis of Democracy?; 5 Reprogramming Communication Networks: Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the New Public Space. Warming Up to Global Warming: The Environmental Movement and the New Culture of NatureThe Network is the Message: Global Movements against Corporate Globalization; Mobil-izing Resistance: Wireless Communication and Insurgent Communities of Practice; "Yes, We Can!" The 2008 Obama Presidential Primary Campaign; Reprogramming Networks, Rewiring Minds, Changing the World; Conclusion: Toward a Communication Theory of Power; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Édition précédente : 2009