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UNINA9910970180003321 |
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Autore |
Castells Manuel <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Communication power / / Manuel Castells |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36591-6 |
9786612365911 |
0-19-157063-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (590 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mass media - Social aspects |
Communication - Social aspects |
Globalization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; Opening; 1 Power in the Network Society; 2 Communication in the Digital Age; 3 Networks of Mind and Power; 4 Programming Communication Networks: Media Politics, Scandal Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy; 5 Reprogramming Communication Networks: Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the New Public Space; Conclusion: Toward a Communication Theory of Power; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and power relation |
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