02773nam 2200601Ia 450 991082747650332120210527085427.01-282-36591-697866123659110-19-157063-X(CKB)2550000000002457(EBL)472226(OCoLC)502012758(SSID)ssj0000292075(PQKBManifestationID)11212256(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292075(PQKBWorkID)10256493(PQKB)10495507(MiAaPQ)EBC472226(Au-PeEL)EBL472226(CaPaEBR)ebr10358276(CaONFJC)MIL236591(PPN)149247494(EXLCZ)99255000000000245720090424d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCommunication power[electronic resource] /Manuel CastellsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (590 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-956704-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWe 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 relationMass mediaSocial aspectsCommunicationSocial aspectsGlobalizationMass mediaSocial aspects.CommunicationSocial aspects.Globalization.302.23Castells Manuel1942-33899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827476503321Communication power17456UNINA