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The Politics of the Internet - Political Claims-making in Cyberspace and Its Effect on Modern Political Activism (Hardcover)
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The Politics of the Internet - Political Claims-making in Cyberspace and Its Effect on Modern Political Activism (Hardcover)
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In The Politics of the Internet: Political Claims-making in
Cyberspace and Its Effect on Modern Political Activism, R.J.
Maratea examines the Internet's effect on political claims-making
and protest action to show how online technology is helping to
shape popular opinion about political issues. The Internet hosts a
vast collection of interconnected public cyber-arenas where
political claims are continuously disseminated to audiences and
social reality is in a perpetual state of negotiation. Unlike more
static forms of print and television communication, cyber-arenas
can be expanded to carry a nearly infinite amount of claims in a
variety of multimedia formats, which can be rapidly disseminated to
global audiences for relatively little cost. The corresponding rise
of citizen journalism and emergent forms of cyber-activism
seemingly reflect how the Internet is revolutionizing the ways
claimants attract audiences, acquire resources, and mobilize
support, as well as the ways that mainstream journalists report on
matters of political importance. Maratea suggests that the Internet
has not fundamentally changed how political activists attain
cultural relevance. The press still largely determines what issues
and activists are recognized by the public, and historically
powerful claims-making groups, such as corporate lobbyists, are
best positioned to succeed in a supposedly democratized new media
world. The analysis offered in The Politics of the Internet will be
of particular value to students and scholars of sociology,
communications, and political science.
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