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Record Nr.

UNINA9910306642003321

Autore

Jordan Tim

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78371-297-X

1-78371-296-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics

Disciplina

302.231

Soggetti

Internet - Political aspects

Internet - Social aspects

Information society - Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.