Communication Power : txt
Manuel Castells.
- xvii, 571 p. ill. ; 25 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Acknowledgments ix -- List of Figures xiii -- List of Tables xv -- Opening 1 -- 1 Power in the Network Society 10 -- What is Power? 10 -- State and Power in the Global Age 17 -- Networks 19 -- The Global Network Society 24 -- The Network State 38 -- Power in the Networks 42 -- Power and Counterpower in the Network Society 47 -- Conclusion : Understanding Power Relationships in the Global Network Society 50 -- 2 Communication in the Digital Age 54 -- A Communication Revolution ? 54 Technological Convergence and the New Multimedia System: From Mass Communication to Mass Self-communication 58 -- The Oganization and Management of Communication : Global Multimedia Business Networks 71 -- The Politics of Regulatory Policies 99 -- Cultural Change in a Globalized World 116 -- The Creative Audience 127 -- Communication in the Global Digital Age 135 -- 3 Networks of the Mind and Power 137 -- The Windmills of the Mind 137 -- Emotion, Cognition, and Politics 146 -- Emotion and Cognition in Politics of Beliefs 150 -- The Politics of Beliefs 153 -- The Framing of the Mind 155 -- Conquering the Minds, Conquering Iraq, Conquering Washington : From Misinformation to Mystification 165 -- The Power of the Frame 189 -- 4 Programming Communication Networks : Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy 193 -- Power making by Image making 193 -- The killing (Semantic) Fields: Media Politics at Work 196 -- The Politics of Scandal 240 -- The State and Media Politics : Propaganda and Control 264 -- The Demise of Public Trust and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy 285 -- Crisis of Democracy? 295 -- 5 Reprogramming Communication Networks: Social Movements, Insurgent Politics, and the New Public Space 299 -- Warming Up to Global Warming : The Environmental Movement and the New Culture of Nature 303 -- The Network is the Message : Global Movements against Corporate Globalization 339 -- Mobilizing Resistance: Wireless Communication and Insurgent Communities of Practice 346 -- ''Yes, We Can!'' The 2008 Obama Presidential Primary Campaign 364 -- Reprogramming Networks, Rewiring Minds, Changing the World 412 -- Conclusion: Toward a Communication Theory of Power 416 -- Appendix 433 -- Bibliography 489 -- Index 543 --
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Mass media--Social aspects. Communication--Social aspects. Power (Social sciences) Communication and technology Communication Globalization