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The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more
than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of
the world's population. The internet's meteoric rise is a
phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic, political and
social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and
academic writing about the internet continues to take a celebratory
view, assuming that the internet's potential will be realised in
essentially positive and transformative ways. This was especially
true in the euphoric moment of the mid-1990s, when many
commentators wrote about the internet with awe and wonderment.
While this moment may be over, its underlying technocentrism - the
belief that technology determines outcomes - lingers on and, with
it, a failure to understand the internet in its social, economic
and political contexts. Misunderstanding the Internet is a short
introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and
economics of the internet and its impact on society. This expanded
and updated second edition is a polemical, sociologically and
historically informed guide to the key claims that have been made
about the online world. It aims to challenge both popular myths and
existing academic orthodoxies that surround the internet.
When we are told so regularly that we live in a 'post truth' age
and are surrounded by 'fake news', it can be tempting to think of
politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public
affairs is preoccupied with the power and reach of platforms or the
passion and rage of social media exchanges. As important as these
issues may be, a focus on the communicative risks downgrading the
political. Media, Democracy and Social Change puts politics back
into political communications. It shows how within a digital media
ecology, the wider context of neoliberal capitalism remains
essential for understanding what political communications is, and
can hope to be. Tackling broad themes of structural inequality,
technological change, political realignment and social
transformation, the book explores political communications as it
relates to debates around the state, infrastructures, elites,
populism, political parties, activism, the legacies of colonialism,
and more. It is both an expert introduction to the field of
political communications, and a critical intervention to help
re-imagine what a democratic politics might mean in a digital age.
It will be essential reading for students, researchers and
activists. Aeron Davis, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Gholam
Khiabany all work at the Department of Media and Communication at
Goldsmiths, University of London, where they teach together on the
MA in Political Communications.
The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more
than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of
the world's population. The internet's meteoric rise is a
phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic, political and
social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and
academic writing about the internet continues to take a celebratory
view, assuming that the internet's potential will be realised in
essentially positive and transformative ways. This was especially
true in the euphoric moment of the mid-1990s, when many
commentators wrote about the internet with awe and wonderment.
While this moment may be over, its underlying technocentrism - the
belief that technology determines outcomes - lingers on and, with
it, a failure to understand the internet in its social, economic
and political contexts. Misunderstanding the Internet is a short
introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and
economics of the internet and its impact on society. This expanded
and updated second edition is a polemical, sociologically and
historically informed guide to the key claims that have been made
about the online world. It aims to challenge both popular myths and
existing academic orthodoxies that surround the internet.
What is the interface between social scientists and the media? How
does social science come over in news and current affairs in print
and broadcasting media? This book examines issues in reception and
production studies to build a holistic approach to the study of
media representations. The authors give an accessible and
authoritative guide to the mass communication process. They examine
media production, the nature of media texts, the role of news
sources, the general social and political context of mass
communication and the ways in which media outputs are assimilated
by audiences. The discussions are developed by an examination of
the following areas: the interaction between journalists and social
scientists; the publicity seeking activities of universities,
research institutes and government departments; the attempts of
individual social scientists to get noticed; the social policy
environment surrounding social scientific research and its
dissemination; pressure from funders; and the public understanding
of social science in the news.
When we are told so regularly that we live in a 'post truth' age
and are surrounded by 'fake news', it can be tempting to think of
politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public
affairs is preoccupied with the power and reach of platforms or the
passion and rage of social media exchanges. As important as these
issues may be, a focus on the communicative risks downgrading the
political. Media, Democracy and Social Change puts politics back
into political communications. It shows how within a digital media
ecology, the wider context of neoliberal capitalism remains
essential for understanding what political communications is, and
can hope to be. Tackling broad themes of structural inequality,
technological change, political realignment and social
transformation, the book explores political communications as it
relates to debates around the state, infrastructures, elites,
populism, political parties, activism, the legacies of colonialism,
and more. It is both an expert introduction to the field of
political communications, and a critical intervention to help
re-imagine what a democratic politics might mean in a digital age.
It will be essential reading for students, researchers and
activists. Aeron Davis, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman and Gholam
Khiabany all work at the Department of Media and Communication at
Goldsmiths, University of London, where they teach together on the
MA in Political Communications.
Have new communications technologies revitalised the public sphere,
or become the commercial tool for an increasingly un-public,
undemocratic news media? Are changing journalistic practices
damaging the nature of news, or are new media allowing journalists
to do more journalism and to engage the public more effectively?
With massive changes in the media environment and its technologies,
interrogating the nature of news journalism is one of the most
urgent tasks we face in defining the public interest today. The
implications are serious, not just for the future of the news, but
also for the practice of democracy. In a thorough empirical
investigation of journalistic practices in different news contexts,
New Media, Old News explores how technological, economic and social
changes have reconfigured news journalism, and the consequences of
these transformations for a vibrant democracy in our digital age.
The result is a piercing examination of why understanding news
journalism matters now more than ever. It is essential reading for
students and scholars of journalism and new media.
Have new communications technologies revitalised the public sphere,
or become the commercial tool for an increasingly un-public,
undemocratic news media? Are changing journalistic practices
damaging the nature of news, or are new media allowing journalists
to do more journalism and to engage the public more effectively?
With massive changes in the media environment and its technologies,
interrogating the nature of news journalism is one of the most
urgent tasks we face in defining the public interest today. The
implications are serious, not just for the future of the news, but
also for the practice of democracy. In a thorough empirical
investigation of journalistic practices in different news contexts,
New Media, Old News explores how technological, economic and social
changes have reconfigured news journalism, and the consequences of
these transformations for a vibrant democracy in our digital age.
The result is a piercing examination of why understanding news
journalism matters now more than ever. It is essential reading for
students and scholars of journalism and new media.
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