The politics of the Internet : political claims-making in cyberspace and its effect on modern political activism /
In The Politics of the Internet: Political Claims-making in Cyberspace and Its Effect on Modern Political Activism, R.J. Maratea explores the practices of political claims-making and activism in online environments in order to better understand whether Internet technology is presently a democratizin...
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| Language: | English |
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Lexington Books,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Preface; I: Theoretical Background; 1 The Internet as a Vehicle for Social Change; 2 Constructing Reality in Cyberspace; II: Emergent Political Claims-Making; 3 Power to the People? Citizen Journalism in Cyberspace; 4 Subverting Old Government with New Media; III: Institutionalized Political Claims-Making; 5 Connecting the Web to the Street; 6 From Back Rooms to Cyber-Lobbies; 7 All the News That's Fit to Post; 8 Conclusion: Old Wine in New Bottles?; Methodology Appendix; References; Index; About the Author.
