Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the Internet against democracy / Robert W. McChesney.

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Looks at the relationship between economic power and the digital world, encouraging readers to fight back against the monopolies that are making the Internet less democratic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Internet > Political aspects.
Capitalism.
Democracy.
COMPUTERS / Internet / General.
COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General.
Physical Description:xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • What is the elephant in the digital room?
  • Does capitalism equal democracy?
  • How can the political economy of communication help us understand the Internet?
  • The Internet and capitalism I: where dinosaurs roam?
  • The internet and capitalism II: empire of the senseless?
  • Journalism is dead! Long live journalism?
  • Revolution in the digital revolution?