A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age Contributor(s): Papacharissi, Zizi A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745645240 ISBN-13: 9780745645247 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $69.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Internet - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 321.802 |
Series: Digital Media and Society |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 8.3" (0.87 lbs) 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Online technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing? Late modern democracies are characterized by civic apathy, public skepticism, disillusionment with politics, and general disinterest in conventional political process. And yet, public interest in blogging, online news, net-based activism, collaborative news filtering, and online networking reveal an electorate that is not disinterested, but rather, fatigued with political conventions of the mainstream. This book examines how online digital media shape and are shaped by contemporary democracies, by addressing the following issues:
Students and scholars of media studies, political science, and critical theory will find this to be a fresh engagement with some of the most important questions facing democracies today. |