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23 - Sociology
University of Cambridge
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Book title
Communication Power
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
OUP Oxford
ISBN of book
9780199595693
Year of publication
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
M - media sociology
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
This book of around 500 pages is the most important work written by Castells since his influential trilogy The Information Age. Based on many years of research and writing, the book gives a comprehensive account of how the global media industries have been transformed by the revolution in communication technologies. It presents an original theory of power in the information age, emphasizing the importance of what Castells calls ‘mass self-communication’. This theory is developed in relation to a wide range of case studies, from the internet-based political campaign of Obama to the global environmental movement to prevent climate change.
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No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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