Information politics liberation and exploitation in the digital society

Conflict over information is a central part of twenty-first century life. Tim Jordan examines the nature of an information politics that has emergede with the rise of mass digital cultures and the internet. He located it within a field of power and rebellion that is populated by social and political...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jordan, Tim, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press 2015.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Digital barricades.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424530506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : information as a politics
  • Part 1. Theory of information power. Recursion
  • Technologies' embrace
  • Network and protocol theory : dis/organising information power
  • Part 2. Platforms. Clouds
  • Securitisation of the Internet
  • Social media networks
  • Part 3. Battlegrounds. Battlegrounds and the iPad
  • Death and gaming
  • Hacktivism : operation Tunisia, modular tactics and information activism
  • Conclusion : information exploitation and information liberation.