Communication Power

By Manuel Castells

Book Overview

Drawing on a wide range of social and psychological theories, Manuel Castells builds on his celebrated analysis of the network society to examine how power relationships of all Kinds have been profoundly modified by the new communications environment in particular, by what he terms mass self-communication. Castells Presents original research on political Processes and social movements, including 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, and Internet-based political campaigns, such as the Obama campaign in the United States. On the basis of these case studies the proposes a new theory of power in the information age based on the management of communication networks. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199595690
• ISBN13: 9780199595693
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.2" x 1.2" x 9.2"