Democracy Bytes [electronic resource] : New Media, New Politics and Generational Change /
Bessant, J.author.
This study is about new media, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It asks: What is the political? How can we understand politics in a network age? Can we talk sensibly about generational change? Analysing four international case studies, this book gives an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new forms of politics.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Politics in the Age of the Digital; 2 How the Light Gets in: Change and Continuity; 3 Change and Generation; 4 Coming of Age in a Digital Neoliberal World: Generation and Politics; 5 A Heuristic, or a Guiding Framework; 6 Democratic Renewal, Pussy Riot and Flash Gigs in the Kremlin; 7 The Graduate's Future and Neoliberal Education: New Generation Politics on the Campus; 8 The Stop Online Piracy Act Case; 9 The Digital, Indigenous Art and Politics; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study is about new media, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It asks: What is the political? How can we understand politics in a network age? Can we talk sensibly about generational change? Analysing four international case studies, this book gives an optimistic assessment of how digital media supports new forms of politics.
Communication.
Democracy.
Political science.
Political theory.
Application software.
Media and Communication.
Media Studies.
Democracy.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Computer Applications.