There’s a lot of really interesting discussion going on at the moment about the role that social media and online/offline networks have played and are continuing to play in the revolutions which have swept across Tunisia and Egypt and are emerging in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Iran. Manuel Castells, the Catalan sociologist most famous for [...]
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Manuel Castells – Communication Power
Posted in book review, media, media activism, tagged castells, communication power, media, network, network society, politics on May 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Communication Power is the latest book from Manuel Castells, the Spanish sociologist most famous for his trilogy of books on the Information Age, which give a theoretical overview and empirical evidence for the transition from an Industrial society to an Informational one, which Castells describes as ‘the rise of the network society.’ communication Power seeks [...]
