20%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
@ is for Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture
Joss Hands
€ 36.99
€ 29.60
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for @ is for Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture
Paperback. Examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing? Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have risen to the fore, @ is for Activism maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new have emerged through the use of new technologies. A host of critical thinkers populate the study, from Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse criticism of technology's close relation to capitalism, to media networks' actualising the Habermasian ideal of collective communicative action, Hands delineates the potentials and the ... Read more
How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing? Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have risen to the fore, @ is for Activism maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new have emerged through the use of new technologies. A host of critical thinkers populate the study, from Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse criticism of technology's close relation to capitalism, to media networks' actualising the Habermasian ideal of collective communicative action, Hands delineates the potentials and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
278g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327006
SKU
V9780745327006
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joss Hands
Joss Hands is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University. He is the author of Gadget Consciousness: Collective Thought, Will and Action in the Age of Social Media (Pluto Press, 2019) and @ is For Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in Digital Culture (Pluto Press, 2010).
Reviews for @ is for Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture