Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 232 pages)
ISBN:
0745333672
,
0745333664
,
1783712961
,
178371297X
,
9781783712977
,
9780745333670
,
9780745333663
,
9781783712960
,
9781783712984
Serie:
Digital barricades
Inhalt:
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 struggles. This book is the ideal place to start for anyone approaching the rapidly changing terrain of digital culture and conflict --
Inhalt:
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 Tunsia, modular tactics and information activism -- Conclusion : Information exploitation and information liberation.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-229) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Jordan, Tim. Information politics Liberation and exploitation in the digital society
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
