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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tim JordanPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.316kg ISBN: 9780745333663ISBN 10: 0745333664 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 20 February 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Information as a Politics Part I: Theory of Information Power 1. Recursion 2. Technologies' Embrace 3. Network and Protocol Theory: Dis/Organising Information Power Part II: Platforms 4. Clouds 5. Securitisation of the Internet 6. Social Media Networks Part III: Battlegrounds 7. Battlegrounds and the iPad 8. Death and Gaming 9. Hacktivism: Operation Tunisia, Modular Tactics and Information Activism Conclusion: Information Exploitation and Information Liberation Bibliography IndexReviewsTim Jordan has written an expansive consideration of the dynamics and structure of the human condition in the age of ICTs. His synthesis of critical theory, technology studies, philosophy and empirical evidence masterfully positions information, its form and medium in the digital age, as a crucially important site and tool for the struggle to achieve human flourishing. His book is a must read for those seeking to understand the impact of digital culture and their attendant communication technologies on our quest for liberty and equality. -- Hector Postigo, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Production, Temple University 'A must read for those seeking to understand the impact of digital culture and their attendant communication technologies on our quest for liberty and equality.' -- Hector Postigo, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Production, Temple University 'A determined philosophical inquiry into the nature of information politics, from the abstraction of the cloud to the battlegrounds of hactivists, to identify the forms of exploitation and liberation endemic to the recursive movement of information. This book offers rich philosophical grounding for current and future studies of new media.' -- Tarleton Gillespie, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University 'Tim Jordan has yet again produced a compelling and incisive account of fundamental developments in our increasingly digital world. His sophisticated theoretical analysis is clearly articulated and is based on a thorough grasp of both the technical and the social. He brilliantly avoids both cultural pessimism and techno-utopianism in his presentation of 'political antagonisms'.' -- Sally Wyatt, Professor of Digital Cultures in Development, Maastricht University 'This is an academic book of the highest quality that tackles what is sure to be the defining struggle of the 21st century: the struggle for control over access to information.' -- Nathalie Marechal, International Journal of Communication Author InformationTim Jordan is Professor and Head of School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Information Politics (Pluto, 2015), Internet, Culture and Society (Bloomsbury, 2014), Hacking (Polity, 2008), and Hacktivism and Cyberwars (Routledge, 2004). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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