Book Power In Communication Sociology And Technology

Author : Tereza Khecyoyan,Manolis Koukourakis,Angela Repanovici
Publisher : Trivent Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9786158099653

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Book Power in Communication, Sociology and Technology by Tereza Khecyoyan,Manolis Koukourakis,Angela Repanovici Pdf

In 2012, The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) had the initiative of organizing an annual meeting which would disseminate the vision of library leaders on the importance of the book. The meeting would gather all the categories involved in the book industry: writers, publishers, editors, professors, librarians. The goal was to create a platform for discussions on how to promote the book as a crucial element for culture and education enhancement. The power of information and its dissemination was discussed within the first edition, while keeping the book as a central element in all debates. After this first edition, the Summit of the book was organized yearly in different locations throughout the world: Singapore (2013), France (2014), Egypt (2015) and Ireland (2016). The event had a powerful international impact and in 2017 the 6th summit was hosted in Brasov (Romania) at the "Transilvania" University. This volume is the collection of the most valuable contributions to the 6th Summit of the Book where experts presented their best practices and expertise in the history and technology of the book, knowledge support, and book dissemination.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191510434

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Communication Power by Manuel Castells Pdf

We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and power relationships have been profoundly modified by the emergence of this new communication environment. Created in the commons of the Internet this communication can be locally based, but globally connected. It is built through messaging, social networks sites, and blogging, and is now being used by the millions around the world who have access to the Internet. Drawing on a wide range of social and psychological theories, Castells presents original research on political processes and social movements. He applies this analysis to numerous recent events—the misinformation of the American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement to prevent climate change, the control of information in China and Russia, Barak Obama's internet-based presidential campaigns, and (in this new edition) responses to recent political and economic crises such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. On the basis of these case studies he proposes a new theory of power in the information age based on the management of communication networks Justly celebrated for his analysis of the network society, Castells here builds on that work, offering a well grounded and immensely challenging picture of communication and power in the 21st century. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics and character of the modern world.

Author : JAN. VAN DIJK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1509563679

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POWER AND TECHNOLOGY by JAN. VAN DIJK Pdf

Author : Anabel Quan-Haase
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Information society
ISBN : 019901471X

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Technology and Society by Anabel Quan-Haase Pdf

Series: a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/tcs/"Themes in Canadian Sociology/aThis timely text examines the places where technology and society intersect, connecting the reality of our technological age to issues of social networks, communication, work, power, and inequality. The result is a comprehensive overview of the technological tools we use, where they come from, andhow they are changing our perceptions of ourselves and the relationships we form.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444356298

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The Power of Identity by Manuel Castells Pdf

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world Applies Castells’ hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change

Author : Sue Curry Jansen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 074252373X

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Critical Communication Theory by Sue Curry Jansen Pdf

In this text, Sue Curry Jansen brings a different perspective to contemporary communication inquiry. She engages two questions at the heart of critical politics of communication: what do we know? And how do we know it?

Author : Anabel Quan-Haase,Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies/Department of Sociology Anabel Quan-Haase
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199032254

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Technology and Society by Anabel Quan-Haase,Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies/Department of Sociology Anabel Quan-Haase Pdf

Series: a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/tcs/"Themes in Canadian Sociology/aThe only Canadian text to examine the intersection of technology and society through theories and real-world examples.This fully updated third edition examines the places where technology and society intersect, connecting the reality of our technological age to issues of social networks, communication, identity, power, and inequality. The result is a comprehensive overview of the technological tools we use, wherethey come from, and how they are changing our perceptions of ourselves and the relationships we form.

Author : Robert Van Krieken,Daphne Habibis,Philip Smith,Brett Hutchins,Greg Martin,Karl Maton
Publisher : Pearson Higher Education AU
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442562363

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Sociology by Robert Van Krieken,Daphne Habibis,Philip Smith,Brett Hutchins,Greg Martin,Karl Maton Pdf

Building upon the success of previous editions, this fully revised edition of Sociology lays the foundations for understanding sociology in Australia. The depth and breadth of the book ensures its value not only for first-year students, but for sociology majors requiring on-going reference to a range of theoretical perspectives and current debates. This fifth Australian edition continues to build on the book’s reputation for coverage, clarity and content, drawing upon the work of leading Australian sociologists as well as engaging with global social trends and sociological developments.

Author : Stefania Milan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137313546

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Social Movements and Their Technologies by Stefania Milan Pdf

Now in paperback for the first time, Social Movements and their Technologies explores the interplay between social movements and their 'liberated technologies'. It analyzes the rise of low-power radio stations and radical internet projects ('emancipatory communication practices') as a political subject, focusing on the sociological and cultural processes at play. It provides an overview of the relationship between social movements and technology, and investigates what is behind the communication infrastructure that made possible the main protest events of the past fifteen years. In doing so, Stefania Milan illustrates how contemporary social movements organize in order to create autonomous alternatives to communication systems and networks, and how they contribute to change the way people communicate in daily life, as well as try to change communication policy from the grassroots. She situates these efforts in a historical context in order to show the origins of contemporary communication activism, and its linkages to media reform campaigns and policy advocacy.

Author : Harry Bouwman,Bart van den Hooff,Lidwien van de Wijngaert,Jan van Dijk
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781446223765

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Information and Communication Technology in Organizations by Harry Bouwman,Bart van den Hooff,Lidwien van de Wijngaert,Jan van Dijk Pdf

How best can we understand why the application of information and communication technology in organizations succeeds or fails? Calling on technical, organisational, social, psychological and economic perspectives, this book provides a fresh and comprehensive framework for answering this question. Consideration is given to how ICT is adopted, implemented and used within organizations. Throughout special features will help readers clarify their understanding. These features include: - Case studies and vignettes that chart the opportunities and pitfalls created by ICT - Useful chapter introductions - An up to date glossary of concepts and abbreviations

Author : John Macgregor Wise
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780761904229

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Exploring Technology and Social Space by John Macgregor Wise Pdf

Examining the fundamental assumptions that we hold about the role of technology in our lives, Technology and Social Space describes the possibilities and limitations of human agency within the new wired world. In a patient and thoughtful style, author J. Macgregor Wise elaborates a critical, philosophical, and epistemological framework from which to better understand our relations to technology and social space. The book argues that most treatments of technology and society arise from a modernist episteme (or set of assumptions) that radically separates humans from technologies, focusing on questions of determination and identity. In an attempt to provide a clearer view of technology and social space, the book explores alternative perspectives centered on notions of agency. Working from within these alternative epistemes, the book turns its attention to the burgeoning technological assemblage of communication and information characterized by the Internet and cyberspace. Technology and Social Space draws on the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and the actor-network sociology of Bruno Latour, and brings together diverse examples from cyborg films, television, museums, cyberspace, and debates over a New World Information and Communication Order. Ultimately, the book describes the possibilities and limitation of human agency within the new wired world. This groundbreaking volume will be of interest to professionals and academics in popular culture, media studies, mass communication, and sociology.

Author : Robin Mansell
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks Online
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199266234

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The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies by Robin Mansell Pdf

The production and consumption of Information and Communication Technologies (or ICTs) have become embedded within our societies. The influence and implications of this have an impact at a macro level, in the way our governments, economies, and businesses operate, and in our everyday lives. This handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy. Explicity interdisciplinary, and combining empirical research with theoretical work, it is organised around four themes covering the knowledge economy; organizational dynamics, strategy, and design; governance and democracy; and culture, community and new media literacies. It provides a comprehensive resource for those working in the social sciences, and in the physical sciences and engineering fields, with leading contemporary research informed principally by the disciplines of anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology.

Author : Blayne Haggart,Kathryn Henne,Natasha Tusikov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030145408

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Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World by Blayne Haggart,Kathryn Henne,Natasha Tusikov Pdf

This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology, women’s and gender studies, and Science and Technology Studies, who consider how the control of knowledge is shaping our everyday lives. From “weaponised copyright” as a censorship tool, to the battle over control of the internet’s “guts,” to the effects of state surveillance at the Mexico–U.S. border, this book offers a coherent way to understand the nature of power in the twenty-first century.

Author : James A. Dator,John A. Sweeney,Aubrey M. Yee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319078090

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Mutative Media by James A. Dator,John A. Sweeney,Aubrey M. Yee Pdf

Mutative Media is a sweeping examination of how communication technologies have contributed to changes in people’s thoughts and actions, and thus in the power structures of societies, in the past, at present, and in four alternative futures. We start by surveying what is generally known about the emergence of human language and speech that has enabled humans to extend their organizing abilities beyond that of other hominids. We then review research on the emergence of signs, symbols, and eventually writing, which led to new ways of thinking, acting, and organizing in scribal societies and vastly extended human influence globally. We consider the impact of the printing press in Europe, the Middle East, China, and Korea that led to various ways of thinking and organizing in modern societies, and conclude our historical survey with a discussion of the emergence and impact of electric and electronic communication technologies from the nineteenth century to the present. After a brief overview of what “futures studies” is and is not, based on our extensive experience in the field, we present four generic alternative futures, and discuss a prototype of a hybrid, mixed-reality game designed to enable players to experience the power and potential of new communication technologies within four very different environments and conditions. We think you will be intrigued by our surprising findings and what they may mean for future generations!

Author : Terje Rasmussen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351723572

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Social Theory and Communication Technology by Terje Rasmussen Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. An investigation of new forms of interaction and communication. The essays address theoretical contributions and insights which may assist us in the understanding of modern society inhabited by a wide range of new media.In order to answer questions on this subject, the text suggests a "structural hermeneutic" - a view on the public as agents embedded in their lifeworlds (rather than as consumers and receivers), who play a large part in reproducing structural and distanciated processes of meaning. The essays explore the implications of such daily practices as making a telephone call or sending an email, receiving money from a bank machine using a credit card, or retrieving information from a Web site. Each of these practices reproduce patterns of information and communication practices, which reshape communication processes in society. The essays examine the relationship between media change and social change, with particular emphasis on their contribution to social interaction in everyday life and in the reproduction of social systems.