Digital media and democracy : tactics in hard times / / edited by Megan Boler

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 464 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 302.23/1
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Political aspects; Digital media - Political aspects; Democracy
• Soggetto non controllato: DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
• Persona (resp. second.): BolerMegan
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Media scholars, artists, activists, and journalists discuss how the uses of the emerging "Social Web" redefine the public sphere and influence mainstream journalism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital media and democracy
• ISBN: 1-282-10013-0; 9786612100130; 0-262-26897-3; 1-4356-4785-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781807103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II