Drawing on a wide range of social and psychological theories, Castells presents original research on political processes and social movements. He applies this analysis to numerous recent events - the misinformation of the American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement to preventclimate change, the control of information in China and Russia, Barak Obama's internet-based presidential campaigns, and (in this new edition) responses to recent political and economic crises such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. On the basis of these case studies he proposes a newtheory…
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Editions
6 editions · 3 languages
Other · English · 2013
Communication Power
Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9781299759565
Other · English · 2013
Communication Power
Oxford University Press · 624 pages · 9780199681938
Other · English · 2011
Communication Power
Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 592 pages · 9780199595693
Other · English · 2009
Communication power
Oxford University Press · 571 pages · 9780199567041
Paperback · French · 2013
Communication et pouvoir
MSH PARIS · 9782735115143
Paperback · Spanish · 2012
Comunicacion y poder
Siglo XXI · 679 pages · 9786070303609
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