TY - BOOK AU - Castells,Manuel TI - Communication power SN - 9780199681938 U1 - 302.23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Communication KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Communication and technology KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. Power in the network society -- Ch. 2. Communication in the digital age -- Ch. 3. Networks of mind and power -- Ch. 4. Programming communication networks: media politics, scandal politics, and the crisis of democracy -- Ch. 5. Reprogramming communication networks: social movements, insurgent politics, and the new public space -- Conclusion: Toward a communication theory of power N2 - 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’¢Î—Δthe misinformation of the American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement to prevent climate 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 new theory of power in the information age based on the management of communication networks ER -