Culture and Politics in the Information Age A New Politics [Paperback]

This volume addresses these key issues through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democracy, cultural politics and transnational communities.
Featuring contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the book contains a series of case studies on new social movements including campaigns on the environment, gender, animal rights and human rights. It combines cutting edge research with theoretical material and makes an important contribution to this highly topical and rapidly growing area.
This book will be invaluable reading for students in areas including Politics, Communications and IT, Sociology and Cultural Studies.1. A New Politics? Frank WebsterPart I - New Media, Politics and Culture2.Democracy in the Information Age: the role of the Fourth Estate in cyberspace Howard Tumber3. From media politics to e-protest? The use of popular culture and new media in parties and social movements John Street andAlan Scott4. Proximity politics John Tomlinson5. The future of public media cultures: morality, ethics and ambivalence Nick Stevenson6. Contested power: political sociology in the Information Age Kate Nash7. A moment of moral remaking: the death of Diana, Princess of Wales Sasha RoseneilPart II - New Social Movements8. Social movement networks: virtual and real Mario Diani9. Information Technology and new forms of organizing? Translocalism and networks in Friends of the Earth Neil Washbourne10. Weaving a Green Web: environmental protest and computer mediated communication in Britain Jenny Pickerill11. Grassroots environmental movements: mobilisation in an information age Alan Dordoy andMary Mellor12. Globalization, citizenship and technology: the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (lã·