Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy - Couverture souple

McChesney, Robert W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1620970317 ISBN 13 : 9781620970317

Editeur : The New Press, 2014

Synopsis

Hailed as "important" (Truthdig) and praised for its "excellent insight" (Patricia J. Williams, The Nation), Digital Disconnect, by activist and "exemplary public intellectual" (Choice) Robert W. McChesney, skewers the assumption that a society drenched in information in a digital age is inherently a democratic one.

A prescient examination of the relationship between the Internet and the economy--one that has become even more relevant since its publication in hardcover--the book argues that capitalism's colonization of the Internet has spurred the collapse of credible journalism and made the Internet an unparalleled apparatus for government and corporate surveillance.

"A provocative and far-reaching account of how capitalism has shaped the Internet in the United States" (Kirkus Reviews) and "an excellent analysis of the problem where a medium with the capacity to empower people is itself becoming a tool of social control" (Daily Kos), Digital Disconnect is both a groundbreaking critique of the Internet and an urgent call to reclaim the democratizing potential of the digital revolution while we still can.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books on the media, including the award-winning "Rich Media, Poor Democracy" and "Communication Revolution." He lives in Champaign, Illinois.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The New Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1620970317
• ISBN 13: 9781620970317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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