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Politicizing digital space :

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9781911534402

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Politicizing digital space :

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theory, the internet, and renewing democracy /

Trevor Garrison Smith.

London :

University of Westminster Press,

2017.

1 online resource (vi, 147 pages).

CDSMS (Critical digital and social media studies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The political realm -- 3. Subjectivity -- 4. Participation -- 5. Conflict -- 6. Steps toward the digitization of politics -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subjectivity, participation, and conflict. Each of these terrains can be configured in a more or less political manner, though the contemporary status quo heavily skews them towards anti-political configuration. Using this understanding of what exactly politics entails, this book considers how the internet can both help and hinder efforts to move each area in a more political direction. By explicitly interpreting contemporary theories of the political in terms of the internet, this analysis avoids the twin traps of both technological determinism and technological cynicism. Raising awareness of what the word 'politics' means, the author develops theoretical work by Arendt, Rancière, Žižek and Mouffe to present a clear and coherent view of how in theory, politics can be digitized and alternatively how the internet can be deployed in the service of trulydemocratic politics."

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JSTOR

22573/ctv5w9jnw

1-911534-40-8

Digital media-- Political aspects.

Information society.

Information technology-- Political aspects.

Internet in political campaigns.

Political participation-- Computer network resources.

Communication studies.

Digital media-- Political aspects.

Information society.

Information technology-- Political aspects.

Interdisciplinary studies.

Internet in political campaigns.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.

Media studies.

Political control and freedoms.

Political participation-- Computer network resources.

Political science and theory.

Political structure and processes.

Political structures: democracy.

Politics and government.

Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.

Social issues and processes.

Society and culture: general.

Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.

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SOC-- 052000

Smith, Trevor Garrison.

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