The Information Game in Democracy - Dipankar Sinha - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138063204 - February 20, 2018
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The Information Game in Democracy 1st edition

Dipankar Sinha

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The Information Game in Democracy 1st edition

This book examines democracy and governance from the unconventional and largely under researched vantage point of information. It looks at the exclusionary informational dynamics in democracy and analyses the role of information capitalism, new technology, virtual networks, cyberspace and media.

While emphasizing the foundational value of information as the ?source code? of modern societies the book explains how it is strategically maneuvered in technologies of governance in so-called established and credible democracies. It studies the neutralization and subversion as well as the complex, nuanced and multidimensional act of othering of people, who are supposed to be the repository of power in democracy and in whose interest the business of governance is expected to be conducted. The work highlights the challenges of technocratic interpretations, stunted public policy communication, hyped information society, cooption through the state-of-the-art capitalism, rhetoric of virtual networks and the often-unilateral agenda of mainstream media.

A major intervention in understanding the nature of contemporary democracy and polity, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, media, political communication and technology studies.


218 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 20, 2018
ISBN13 9781138063204
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 218
Dimensions 222 × 144 × 20 mm   ·   406 g
Language English  

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