{"product_id":"the-digital-nexus-identity-agency-and-political-engagement-paperback-softback-9781771991292","title":"The Digital Nexus; Identity, Agency, and Political Engagement (Paperback \/ softback) 9781771991292","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Digital Nexus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIdentity, Agency, and Political Engagement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaphael Foshay (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781771991292\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe totalizing scope of the combined effects of computerization and the worldwide network are the subject of the essays in \u003cem\u003eThe Digital Nexus,\u003c\/em\u003e a volume that responds to McLuhan's request for a \"special study\" of the tsunami-like transformation of the communication landscape. These critical excursions provide analysis of and insight into the way new media technologies change the workings of social engagement for personal expression, social interaction, and political engagement. The contributors investigate the terms and conditions under which our digital society is unfolding and provide compelling arguments for the need to develop an accurate grasp of the architecture of the Web and the challenges that ubiquitous connectivity undoubtedly delivers to both public and private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Computational Turn and the Digital Network - Raphael Foshay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Digital Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 The Internet in Question \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew Feenberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Emergent Meaning in the Information Age \/ \u003cem\u003eIan Angus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Responsible Machines: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Autonomous Agents \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid J. Gunkel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Open Source Transparency: The Making of an Altered Identity \/ \u003cem\u003eDaryl Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Digital Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Hacktivist (Pre)Occupations: Self-Surveillance, Participation and Public Space \/ \u003cem\u003eCarolyn Guertin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Theoretical and Institutional Contexts of the Dubject, the Doubled and Spaced Self \/ \u003cem\u003eMark A. McCutcheon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 The Network University in Transition \/ \u003cem\u003eBob Hanke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Spinning the Web: Critical Discourse Analysis and its Online Space \/ \u003cem\u003eLeslie Lindballe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Paramortals, or Dancing with the Interactive Digital Dead \/ \u003cem\u003eRoman Onufrijchuk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Digital Politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 The Rise of the National Surveillance State in Comparative Perspective \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter J. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Democracy and Identity in the Digital Age \/ \u003cem\u003eLorna Stefanick and Karen Wall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 The Digital Democratic Deficit: Analysis of Digital Voting in a Canadian Party Leadership Race \/ \u003cem\u003eJosipa G. Petrunic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 Navigating the Mediapolis: Digital Media and Emerging Practices of Democratic Participation \/ \u003cem\u003eMaria Bakardjieva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 The Construction of Collective Action Frames in Facebook Groups \/ \u003cem\u003eSharone Daniel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword \/ \u003cem\u003eRaphael Foshay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Do Machines Have Rights? Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid Gunkel, Interviewed by Paul Kellogg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Athabasca University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656042180888,"sku":"9781771991292","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-digital-nexus-identity-agency-and-political-engagement-paperback-softback-9781771991292","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}