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Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracyby Robert W. Mcchesney
Synopses & ReviewsSynopsis:Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internets effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, these arguments are deeply flawed, since they fail to address the relationship between economic power and the Net. Capitalism, which has worryingly become practically synonymous with democracy in these discussions, is merely background scenery. McChesneys award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy skewered the assumption that a society drenched in commercial information is a democratic one. In New Media, Old Plutocracy McChesney returns to this provocative thesis in light of the advances of the digital age, arguing that capitalism must be acknowledged and incorporated into the heart of any analysis if we wish to understand how the Internet is changing our world. According to McChesney, the Internet is not “naturally” commercial. Policies and massive indirect subsidies have made it this way and now a handful of monopolies dominate the global economy. Capitalisms colonization of the Internet has spurred the collapse of credible journalism, and made the Internet a place of numbing commercialism, an unparalleled apparatus for government and corporate surveillance, and a disturbingly anti-democratic force. In New Media, Old Plutocracy, Robert McChesney offers a groundbreaking analysis and critique of the digital revolution, urging us to recognize that in order to democratize our economy and politics, the Internet must be reformed. About the AuthorRobert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books on the media, including the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy and Communication Revolution, and a co-editor (with Victor Pickard) of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights. He lives in Champaign, Illinois. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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