Information politics : liberation and exploitation in the digital society /

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Conflict over information is a central part of twenty-first century life. Tim Jordan examines the nature of an information politics that has emergede with the rise of mass digital cultures and the internet. He located it within a field of power and rebellion that is populated by social and political...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jordan, Tim, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2015.
Series:Digital barricades.
Subjects:
Information society > Politics and government.
Internet > Political aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Aspect politique.
Internet > Aspect social.
Information theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : information as a politics
  • Part 1. Theory of information power. Recursion
  • Technologies' embrace
  • Network and protocol theory : dis/organising information power
  • Part 2. Platforms. Clouds
  • Securitisation of the Internet
  • Social media networks
  • Part 3. Battlegrounds. Battlegrounds and the iPad
  • Death and gaming
  • Hacktivism : operation Tunisia, modular tactics and information activism
  • Conclusion : information exploitation and information liberation.

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