Digitizing democracy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Aljosha Karim Schapals, Axel Bruns, Brian McNair.
• Editors: Schapals, Aljosha Karim; Bruns, Axel, 1970-; McNair, Brian, 1959-
• Contents: Part I: Politics and Government 1. Fake News and Democratic Culture (Brian McNair) 2. Mapping pressures on the ‘sensible centre’/consensual model of liberal democracy (Eric Louw) 3. Surround-sound elections: campaigning in a fast-evolving digital media environment (Edwina Throsby) 4. From ‘Crush the Saboteurs’ to ‘Coalition of Crackpots’: The role of the partisan ‘Tory’ press and the power of alternative media during Brexit and #GE17 (Aljosha Karim Schapals) 5. Shifting Conceptions of Voice in Citizen-Government Interactions Using Digital Media in Indonesian Local Democracy (Terry Flew & Rido Panjaitan) Part II: News and Journalism 6. Journalism as an advocate for social change and public engagement: Reporting environmental crisis in the digital era (Susan Forde) 7. Mining the depleted ‘rivers of gold’: Public notices and the sustainability of Australian local news in a digitized democracy (Kristy Hess) 8. Journalism and democracy in the network society (Amanda Gearing) 9. "Cloudy with a chance of sh!tstorm": Examining the role of social news outlets in the Hack Live: Is Male Privilege Bullsh!t? social media ritual (Edward Hurcombe) Part III: Digital Societies 10. Digital Public Spheres in Australia (Axel Bruns) 11. Beyond Deficit Discourse: Reframing Debate in Indigenous Education (Kerry McCallum, Lisa Waller & Tanja Dreher) 12. The role of social media during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: A real catalyst, or merely a facilitating factor? (Aljosha Karim Schapals) 13. IndigenousX: unencumbered, connected (Sandra Phillips, Sandy O’Sullivan, Luke Pearson) Part IV: New Visions 14. Digital bullets wound traditions of politics and the media (David Fagan) 15. The Era of Mega-Leaks (Rodney Tiffen) 16. The Unfinished Robots Revolution: Ten tips for humans (John Keane)
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 321.802854678; Democracy -- Technological innovations; Communication in politics -- Technological innovations; Political participation -- Technological innovations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351054843; 9781351054850; 9781351054836; 9781351054867
• Related ISBNs: 9781138483446
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