The information game in democracy:

"This book examines democracy and governance from the unconventional and largely under-researched vantage point of information. It looks at the exclusionary informational dynamics in democracy and analyses the role of information capitalism, new technology, virtual networks, cyberspace, and med...

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1. Verfasser: Sinha, Dipankar (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Taylor and Francis 2018
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines democracy and governance from the unconventional and largely under-researched vantage point of information. It looks at the exclusionary informational dynamics in democracy and analyses the role of information capitalism, new technology, virtual networks, cyberspace, and media. While emphasizing the foundational value of information as the 'source code' of modern societies, the book explains how it is strategically maneuvered in technologies of governance in so-called established and credible democracies. It studies the neutralization and subversion as well as the complex, nuanced and multidimensional act of othering of people, who are supposed to be the repository of power in democracy and in whose interest the business of governance is expected to be conducted. The work highlights the challenges of technocratic interpretations, stunted public policy communication, hyped information society, cooption through the state-of-the-art capitalism, rhetoric of virtual networks, and the often-unilateral agendas of mainstream media. A major intervention in understanding the nature of contemporary democracy and polity, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, media, political communication and technology studies."--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages)
ISBN:9780429507663
0429507666

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