Information politics : liberation and exploitation in the digital society / Tim Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Tim, author.

Series:

Digital barricades.

Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Political aspects.

Internet.

Internet--Social aspects.

Information society--Politics and government.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conflict over information is a central part of twenty-first century life. Tim Jordan examines the nature of an information politics that has emergede with the rise of mass digital cultures and the internet. He located it within a field of power and rebellion that is populated by social and political struggles. This book is the ideal place to start for anyone approaching the rapidly changing terrain of digital culture and conflict. -- from back cover.

Contents:

Introduction : information as a politics

Part 1. Theory of information power. Recursion

Technologies' embrace

Network and protocol theory : dis/organising information power

Part 2. Platforms. Clouds

Securitisation of the Internet

Social media networks

Part 3. Battlegrounds. Battlegrounds and the iPad

Death and gaming

Hacktivism : operation Tunisia, modular tactics and information activism

Conclusion : information exploitation and information liberation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 4, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783712977

178371297X

9781783712960

1783712961

OCLC:

904575889

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access