The Political Web [electronic resource] : Media, Participation and Alternative Democracy /
Dahlgren, Peter.author.
As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics and, in so doing, making considerable use of the new communication technologies. This volume analyses the various factors that shape such participation, and addresses such key topics as civic subjectivity, web intellectuals, and cosmopolitanism.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction PART I: Conceptualising Politics and Participation on the Web 1. Opportunities, Resources and Subjectivity: Citizens and the Social Web 2. Social Media and the Parameters of Participation 3. Mediated Citizenship: Navigating Reefs, Storms, and Currents PART II: Evolving Forms and Practices4. The Occupy Wall Street Movement as Online 'Produsers' 5. From Public to Civic Intellectuals via Online Cultures 6. Civic Cosmopolitanism and the Web: Facilitating Global AgencyPART III: Critical Approaches 7. Tracking the Civic Subject in the Media Landscape: Versions of the Democratic Ideal 8. Critical Media Theory: Something Old, New, and Unfinished.
As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics and, in so doing, making considerable use of the new communication technologies. This volume analyses the various factors that shape such participation, and addresses such key topics as civic subjectivity, web intellectuals, and cosmopolitanism.
Communication.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Computers and civilization.
Political science.
Application software.
Media and Communication.
Media Studies.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Computers and Society.
Political Science.
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).