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Castells and the media / Philip N. Howard.
Annenberg Library - Reference P95.54 .H69 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howard, Philip N.
- Series:
- Theory and media
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castells, Manuel, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.
- Castells, Manuel.
- Castells, Manuel, 1942-.
- Mass media--Social aspects.
- Mass media.
- Communication--Social aspects.
- Communication.
- Globalization.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2011.
- Summary:
- One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life.
- Politicians can no longer run for office without a digital media strategy, new communication technologies are a fundamental infrastructure for the economy, and the internet has become an invaluable tool for cultural production and consumption. Yet as more of our political, economic, and cultural interaction occurs over digital media, the ability to create and manipulate both content and networks becomes a very real source of power.
- Castells and the Media introduces a great thinker, presents original theories about the network society, and encourages readers to use these theories to help them understand the importance of digital media and social networks in their own lives. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Castells and the Theory of the Network Society 11
- Intellectual Biography 11
- Publications and Impact 13
- Basic Statements on Network Theory 17
- 2 Media Economics and Life Online 22
- The Permanently Beta, Network Enterprise 26
- From Bricks and Mortar to Bandwidth and Servers 28
- The Changing Nature of Media Work 30
- The Death of Distance and Long Tails 34
- The Network Perspective on Economic Life 35
- 3 Networks of Power and Politics 38
- Network Campaigns 41
- Media Networks 45
- The Politics of Code and Cultural Production 50
- Privacy and Data Mining 53
- The Network Perspective on Political Life 55
- 4 Cultural Industries in a Digital Century 57
- Transforming Cultural Industries 58
- Cultures of Digital Media 62
- Social Networking and Cultural Production 67
- Mediated and Multiple Identities 69
- The Network Perspective on Cultural Life 71
- 5 Mobile and Social Media 73
- Networked and Mobile 77
- The Space of Flows and Timeless Time 79
- Cosmopolitan Culture and Cultural Identity 82
- Mobile Politics 86
- The Mobile is the Social 88
- 6 Conclusion-Media Rules and the Rules of Media 90
- The Personal and Global Contexts of Networks 91
- Scientific Inquiry in the Network Society 95
- Critical Responses and Alternative Approaches 97
- Remaining Questions and Future Directions of Research 103
- The New Power of Digital Media 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [126]-130) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780745652580
- 9780745652597
- 074565259X
- 0745652581
- OCLC:
- 669751153
- Publisher Number:
- 99944055553
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