"Radical Democracy and the Internet "provides a systematic and mutual interrogation of radical democratic theory and Internet practice. Contributors critically examine a range of radical democratic theories in relation to online communication, from deliberative to agonistic to autonomist Marxist, and explore how such communication may be advancing democracy beyond what is conceptualized and practised within present liberal-capitalist political contexts. The result is an important contribution to both democratic theory and new media studies, and essential reading in politics, media studies, communications, and sociology.

In this systematic and mutual interrogation of radical democratic theory and Internet practice, contributors examine a range of democratic theories in relation to online communication and explore how such communication may advance democracy beyond what is conceptualized and practised within present liberal-capitalist political contexts.

Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the relationship between the media and multiculturalism. * Summarises and critically discusses current approaches to multiculturalism and the media from a global perspecive * Explores both the theoretical debates and empirical findings on multiculturalism and the media * Assumes the new perspective of mediation of cultural diversity, which critically combines elements of previous theories in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between the media and cultural diversity * Explores media 'moments' of production, representation and consumption, while incorporating arguments on their shifting roles and boundaries * Examines separately the role of the internet, which is linked to many changes in patterns of media production, representation and to increased possibilities for diasporic and transnational communication * Contains pedagogical features that enable readers to understand and critically engage with the material, and draws upon and reviews an extensive bibliography, providing a useful reference tool.

Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores therelationship between the media and multiculturalism. * Summarises and critically discusses current approaches tomulticulturalism and the media from a global perspecive * Explores both the theoretical debates and empirical findings onmulticulturalism and the media * Assumes the new perspective of mediation of cultural diversity,which critically combines elements of previous theories in order togain a better understanding of the relationship between the mediaand cultural diversity * Explores media 'moments' of production,representation and consumption, while incorporating arguments ontheir shifting roles and boundaries * Examines separately the role of the internet, which is linkedto many changes in patterns of media production, representation andto increased possibilities for diasporic and transnationalcommunication * Contains pedagogical features that enable readers to understandand critically engage with the material, and draws upon and reviewsan extensive bibliography, providing a useful reference tool.