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Democracy in the Age of New Media - The Politics of the Spectacle (Paperback, New edition)
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Democracy in the Age of New Media - The Politics of the Spectacle (Paperback, New edition)
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In the age of the spectacle, democracy has never looked so bleak.
Our world, saturated with media and marketing, endlessly confronts
us with spectacles vying for our attention: from Apple and 9/11 to
Facebook and the global financial crisis. Democratic politics, by
comparison, remain far from engaging. A society obsessed with
spectacles results in a complete misfiring of the democratic
system. This book uses critical democratic theory to outline the
effects of consumer culture on citizenship. It highlights the
importance that public space plays in creating the critical culture
necessary for a healthy democracy, and outlines how contemporary
'public' spaces - shopping centres, the Internet, social networking
sites and suburban communities - contribute to this culture.
Terrorism, ecological destruction and the financial crisis are also
outlined as symptoms of the politics of the spectacle. The book
concludes with some basic principles and novel suggestions which
could be employed to avoid the pitfalls inherent in our spectacular
existence.
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