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Facebook democracy : the architecture of disclosure and the threat to public life / José Marichal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marichal, José.
- Series:
- Politics & international relations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--Technological innovations.
- Political participation.
- Communication in politics--Technological innovations.
- Communication in politics.
- Political participation--Data processing.
- Facebook (Firm).
- Disclosure of information.
- Online social networks--Political aspects.
- Online social networks.
- Physical Description:
- 193 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2012]
- Summary:
- Calling out Facebook as the quintessential example, Marchal (California Lutheran U., US) argues that the hyperconnectivity of today's information society social networking has made it "increasingly difficult to develop a contingent self that embraces and exhibits doubt, flexibility and uncertainty about the world around us." Facebook in particular has created an "architecture of disclosure" that may connect us more but makes us more rigid and intransigent in our self-construct. Furthermore, it's harmful to democracy because it encourages the development of passive subjects, unduly privileges voice over listening as a democratic virtue, emphasizes the performance of political identity over other forms of communication, undermines privacy, and creates the damaging impression that political figures should be "friends." Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction : the allure of facebook
- Facebook and the utopian/dystopian dialectic
- Facebook and the architecture of disclosure
- Facebook and the decline of the public
- The personal citizen
- Engagement as personal citizens
- The digital front stage and deliberation
- Facebook and mobilization : beyond the Facebook revolution
- Privacy in the age of personal politics
- Friending the nation-state : social networking and power
- Conclusions : how to listen on Facebook.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409444305
- 1409444309
- 9781409444312
- 1409444317
- OCLC:
- 769472388
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