| Description |
xii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Theory and media |
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Theory and media.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: The Space of Flows and Timeless Time -- Cosmopolitan Culture and Cultural Identity -- Mobile Politics -- The Mobile is the Social -- 6.Conclusion---Media Rules and the Rules of Media -- The Personal and Global Contexts of Networks -- Scientific Inquiry in the Network Society -- Critical Responses and Alternative Approaches -- Remaining Questions and Future Directions of Research -- The New Power of Digital Media -- Appendix -- An Exercise in Visualizing Your Own Digital Networks -- An Exercise in Tracking Your Media and Cultural Consumption -- An Exercise in Surveillance and Sousveillance---Tracking the Trackers |
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Machine generated contents note: A Network Perspective on the Media -- Outline of the Book -- 1.Castells and the Theory of the Network Society -- Intellectual Biography -- Publications and Impact -- Basic Statements on Network Theory -- 2.Media Economics and Life Online -- The Permanently Beta, Network Enterprise -- From Bricks and Mortar to Bandwidth and Servers -- The Changing Nature of Media Work -- The Death of Distance and Long Tails -- The Network Perspective on Economic Life -- 3.Networks of Power and Politics -- Network Campaigns -- Media Networks -- The Politics of Code and Cultural Production -- Privacy and Data Mining -- The Network Perspective on Political Life -- 4.Cultural Industries in a Digital Century -- Transforming Cultural Industries -- Cultures of Digital Media -- Social Networking and Cultural Production -- Mediated and Multiple Identities -- The Network Perspective on Cultural Life -- 5.Mobile and Social Media -- Networked and Mobile -- |
| 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 real 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 |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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Castells, Manuel, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Communication -- Social aspects.
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Digital media.
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Globalization.
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Information society.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2011284852 |
| ISBN |
0745652581 (cased) |
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074565259X (paperback) |
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9780745652580 (cased) |
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9780745652597 (paperback) |
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