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Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the Internet against democracy / Robert W. McChesney.

By: McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The New Press, 2013Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781595588678 (hardcover); 1595588671 (hardcover).Subject(s): Internet -- Political aspects | Capitalism | DemocracyDDC classification: 302.23/1
Contents:
What is the elephant in the digital room? -- Does capitalism equal democracy? -- How can the political economy of communication help us understand the Internet? -- The Internet and capitalism I: where dinosaurs roam? -- The internet and capitalism II: empire of the senseless? -- Journalism is dead! Long live journalism? -- Revolution in the digital revolution?
Summary: Looks at the relationship between economic power and the digital world, encouraging readers to fight back against the monopolies that are making the Internet less democratic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is the elephant in the digital room? -- Does capitalism equal democracy? -- How can the political economy of communication help us understand the Internet? -- The Internet and capitalism I: where dinosaurs roam? -- The internet and capitalism II: empire of the senseless? -- Journalism is dead! Long live journalism? -- Revolution in the digital revolution?

Looks at the relationship between economic power and the digital world, encouraging readers to fight back against the monopolies that are making the Internet less democratic.

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