Democracy and New Media - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262600633 ISBN 13 : 9780262600637

Editeur : MIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

Digital technology is changing our politics. The World Wide Web is already a powerful influence on the public's access to government documents, the tactics and content of political campaigns, the behavior of voters, the efforts of activists to circulate their messages, and the ways in which topics enter the public discourse. The essays collected here capture the richness of current discourse about democracy and cyberspace. Some contributors offer front-line perspectives on the impact of emerging technologies on politics, journalism, and civic experience. What happens, for example, when we increase access to information or expand the arena of free speech? Other contributors place our shifting understanding of citizenship in historical context, suggesting that notions of cyber-democracy and online community must grow out of older models of civic life. Still others consider the global flow of information and test our American conceptions of cyber-democracy against developments in other parts of the world. How, for example, do new media operate in Castro's Cuba, in post-apartheid South Africa, and in the context of multicultural debates on the Pacific Rim? For some contributors, the new technologies endanger our political culture; for others, they promise civic renewal.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Henry Jenkins is Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998).

David Thorburn is Professor of Literature and Director of the Communications Forum at MIT.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262600633
• ISBN 13: 9780262600637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 397
• Éditeur: Jenkins Henry, Thorburn David
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• Personne responsable: non disponible