| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 464 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The shape of publics : new media and global capitalism -- The state of the media : an interview with Robert McChesney / Megan Boler -- The space of tactical media / Alessandra Renzi -- Communicative capitalism : circulation and the foreclosure of politics / Jodi Dean -- Toward open and dense networks : an interview with Geert Lovink / Megan Boler -- Black code redux : censorship, surveillance, and the militarization of cyberspace / Ronald J. Deibert -- Media and democracy / Susan D. Moeller -- Democracy on the airwaves : an interview with Amy Goodman / Megan Boler -- Alternative media theory and journalism practice / Chris Atton -- Community radio, access, and media justice : an interview with Deepa Fernandes / Andréa Schimdt and Megan Boler -- Gatewatching, gatecrashing : futures for tactical news media / Axel Bruns -- Tempests of the blogosphere : presidential campaign stories that failed to ignite mainstream media / D. Travers Scott -- Al Jazeera English : an interview with Hassan Ibrahim / Nathalie Magnan, Megan Boler, and Andréa Schimdt -- Media interventions and art practices : an interview with Shaina Anand / Alessandra Renzi and Megan Boler -- The gambiarra : considerations on a recombinatory technology / Ricardo Rosas -- Where the activism is / Trebor Scholz -- Whacking Bush : tactical media as play / Graham Meikle -- The daily show and Crossfire : satire and sincerity as truth to power / Megan Boler with Stephen Turpin -- Cybersupremacy : the new face and form of White supremacist activism / R. Sophie Statzel -- Re-visioning the state of the media : concluding interview and commentary / Brian Holmes. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Media scholars, artists, activists, and journalists discuss how the uses of the emerging "Social Web" redefine the public sphere and influence mainstream journalism. |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects.
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Digital media -- Political aspects.
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Democracy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Boler, Megan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Digital media and democracy. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262026420 (DLC) 2007032258 (OCoLC)165956671 |
| ISBN |
9780262268974 (electronic bk.) |
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0262268973 (electronic bk.) |
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9781435647855 (electronic bk.) |
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1435647858 (electronic bk.) |
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