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The Information Game in Democracy (Paperback)
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The Information Game in Democracy (Paperback)
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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
agenda 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.
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