"For anyone interested in the relationship between politics and mass media, this is a key book. Neil Washbourne combines a compendious knowledge of modern forms of communication with an astute and sophisticated analysis of contemporary politics. Mediating Politics is theoretically subtle and empirically detailed, offering a new perspective on a vital topic." Professor John Street, University of East Anglia, UK "In the vast field that political communication has become Neil Washbourne's book stands out...Admirable and helpful work for both students and scholars new to the topic."Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam How is politics reported in the media? How does the relationship between the media and political organizations affect the political messages that are conveyed? How do members of the public access and make sense of political messages? This book critically analyses the complex relationship between media and politics, beginning with a discussion of what is meant by the mediating of politics. The author outlines the ways in which political messages are formulated, broadcast and received, as well as examining the ways in which the media and political organisations are linked to one another. The author also analyses the relationship between the media and: Globalisation De-regulation of the media Apathy of audiencesIllustrated throughout with case studies from the US, UK and from across the world, the book also explores: Celebrity politicians How different national media systems encourage (or discourage) political engagement How young people engage with the media and politics How the Internet has affected the organization of politics and news mediaMediating Politics is key reading for media, communication, cultural and political studies students.

本书触及了网络政治学中的一个重大话题——网络空间中的私域与公域。随着科技的进步，在信息时代的开端，公与私的含义和边界都出现了不容忽视的游移。《众声喧哗》主要探讨，经由新的共有媒体的作用，传统的公私两分如何在社会和政治的双重压力下产生消长和易位。在这里，公域与私域不能看做结构性的东西，而必须视之为一种流和一种过程。在网络时代，我们既要追求生机勃勃的公共生活，又要保证私人领域一定的自主性。共有媒体也许不能一夜之间改变中国政治，但是却能够促进独立于国家的社会力量的发展。

为什么极权主义的宣传，比如在纳粹德国和德意志民主共和国，在开始时卓有成效，却最终失败？外界观察家在解释这段时期的宣传时常常犯两个致命的错误。首先，他们假设因为有警察国家的支持，宣传机器得以广泛有效地工作，人们对希特勒和昂纳克欢呼雀跃，因为他们担心不这样做的后果。其次，他们认为，宣传确实成功说服了大多数的公民，纽伦堡集会反映了大多数德国人的想法，大多数东德人相信了马克思列宁主义。二战盟国于是担心，铲除纳粹主义将是非常艰巨的任务。西方知名的学者们或政治家们，没有预计到东德会崩溃得如此迅速。
有效的宣传取决于一系列有说服力的方法，从最温和的建议到公开的暴力，二十世纪的独裁者对此都深有体会。从许多方面来看，现代极权主义运动在本质上是宗教性质的世界观。纳粹主义和马克思列宁主义提供对文化，道德，科学，历史和娱乐的方方面面的解释；他们也提供人们接受现状的原因。
本书考察了纳粹德国和德意志民主共和国使用的所有说服技巧，并试图指出这两个系统最终失败的原因。

Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Despite efforts to control these activities, online activism has been an agent of immense social change, allowing common citizens to disseminate content and openly challenge the authority of political and economic elites.
Guobin Yang’s pioneering study follows the rise of this dynamic protest and the forces that keep it relevant and unique. Online activism encompasses an innovative range of rituals, genres, and styles, and state efforts to constrain it have only led to more creative acts of subversion. Internet businesses have encouraged these contentious activities, generating an unusual synergy between capitalism and civil organizations that sponsor critique. Based on ten years of meticulous research and grounded in theories of social movements and the public sphere, Yang’s study emphasizes the mutual shaping of technology and society and highlights the important role of a transnational diaspora in the making of a Chinese Internet culture. In conclusion, Yang argues that online activism reflects important structural changes in contemporary China and points to a new era of informational politics.

Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building firewalls at key Internet gateways; China's famous "Great Firewall of China" is one of the first national Internet filtering systems. Today the new tools for Internet controls that are emerging go beyond mere denial of information. These new techniques, which aim to normalize (or even legalize) Internet control, include targeted viruses and the strategically timed deployment of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, surveillance at key points of the Internet's infrastructure, take-down notices, stringent terms of usage policies, and national information shaping strategies. Access Controlled reports on this new normative terrain.
The book, a project from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), a collaboration of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and the SecDev Group, offers six substantial chapters that analyze Internet control in both Western and Eastern Europe and a section of shorter regional reports and country profiles drawn from material gathered by the ONI around the world through a combination of technical interrogation and field research methods.
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The Politics of Media Policy provides a critical perspective on the dynamics of media policy in the US and UK and offers a comprehensive guide to some of the major points of debate in the media today. While many policymakers boast of the openness and pluralism of their media systems, this book exposes the commitment to market principles that saturates the media policy environment and distorts the development and application of democratic media policies.

Based on interviews with dozens of politicians, regulators, special advisers, lobbyists and campaigners, The Politics of Media Policy considers how governments, civil servants and media corporations have shaped the drawing up of rules concerning a range of issues including:

∗ Media ownership

∗ Media content

∗ Public broadcasting

∗ Digital television

∗ Copyright

∗ Trade agreements affecting the media industries.
The book identifies both the institutions and the arguments that dominate the development of these crucial media policies. It will be of interest to public policy and media professionals, researchers, activists and students indeed all those determined to understand and respond to the impact of neo–liberalism on the contemporary world.

Is the Internet erasing national borders? Will the future of the Net be set by Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net? In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of one idea--that the Internet might liberate us forever from government, borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggles with the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chinese regime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net for the entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowly learned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events the original vision is uprooted, as governments time and time again assert their power to direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet over the next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests of powerful nations and the conflicts within and between them.While acknowledging the many attractions of the earliest visions of the Internet, the authors describe the new order, and speaking to both its surprising virtues and unavoidable vices. Far from destroying the Internet, the experience of the last decade has lead to a quiet rediscovery of some of the oldest functions and justifications for territorial government. While territorial governments have unavoidable problems, it has proven hard to replace what legitimacy governments have, and harder yet to replace the system of rule of law that controls the unchecked evils of anarchy. While the Net will change some of the ways that territorial states govern, it will not diminish the oldest and most fundamental roles of government and challenges of governance. Well written and filled with fascinating examples, including colorful portraits of many key players in Internet history, this is a work that is bound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace and globalization communities.

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information--often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion--that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of this accelerating trend.
Internet filtering takes place in at least forty states worldwide including many countries in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. Related Internet content control mechanisms are also in place in Canada, the United States and a cluster of countries in Europe. Drawing on a just-completed survey of global Internet filtering undertaken by the OpenNet Initiative (a collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, and the University of Cambridge) and relying on work by regional experts and an extensive network of researchers, Access Denied examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. Chapters discuss the mechanisms and politics of Internet filtering, the strengths and limitations of the technology that powers it, the relevance of international law, ethical considerations for corporations that supply states with the tools for blocking and filtering, and the implications of Internet filtering for activist communities that increasingly rely on Internet technologies for communicating their missions.
Reports on Internet content regulation in forty different countries follow, with each country profile outlining the types of content blocked by category and documenting key findings.

The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria. Is the printed book resilient enough to survive the digital revolution, or will it become obsolete? In this lasting collection of essays, Robert Darnton—an intellectual pioneer in the field of this history of the book—lends unique authority to the life, role, and legacy of the book in society.

The internet is an everyday part of our contemporary lives. This book explores how it is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking. Using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues, this book is crucial reading for all those studying society, media and technology.

This volume addresses these key issues through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democracy, cultural politics and transnational communities. Featuring contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the book contains a series of case studies on new social movements including campaigns on the environment, gender, animal rights and human rights. It combines cutting edge research with theoretical material and makes an important contribution to this highly topical and rapidly growing area.

Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, Fifth Edition, by David Croteau and William Hoynes provides a framework for understanding the relationship between media and society and helps readers develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and their own assumptions about the social role of the media. Retaining its acclaimed sociological framework, the Fifth Edition covers new studies, includes up-to-date material about today’s rapidly changing media landscape, and significantly expands discussions of the “new media” world, including digitization, the Internet, the spread of mobile media devices, the role of user-generated content, the potential social impact of new media on society, and new media’s effect on traditional media outlets. Updated research, the latest industry data, and current examples from popular media illustrate enduring themes in the sociology of media.

Excellent books for reports or debate topics, these over-100-page titles present the facts and analyze some of the most controversial and challenging topics in today's news. These books empower teenagers to begin developing their own opinions. Titles contain extensive backmatter, including chapter notes, a glossary, a further reading list, Internet addresses, and an index.

历史记忆构成一个民族精神生命的一部分，享有共同的历史记忆是民族认同的根基，但如果历史被曲解、阉割、遗忘，则意味着一个民族集体记忆的扭曲和中断，一个失忆或记忆错乱的民族不可能具有健全的心智和人格。
历史教科书具有官方性、权威性、正式性、普及性的特征，它将一个民族的历史记忆深深地嵌入青少年一代的精神世界，因而它是格外重要的“记忆的场所”（sites of memory），是一个民族的“体制化的记忆”（institutionalized memory）。而这种记忆又在很大程度上形塑着新一代公民的认同：我是谁？我与国家或民族（国族）是怎样的关系？作为一个公民，应该如何想、如何做？如何看待与外国（族）的关系？
在国内，人们很少将历史教育与公民教育联系起来。在改革开放前，历史教育主要是意识形态的灌输，是对某种历史观的确证和展开。当这种意识形态逐渐淡化后，历史教育几乎等同于爱国主义教育。在西方国家和日本，中学的历史课是公民教育的核心内容，而历史教科书如何写，关系到是否能够培养出具有现代视野和价值观的、充分知情的公民。这就是本书所要揭示的内容：它不是简单地讨论历史教科书的技术问题、纯知识性问题和审查制度问题，它将历史教科书及其承载的民族历史记忆上升到公民身份、公民认同的高度来考察：我们需要培养什么样的公民，因而需要什么样的历史记忆？或反过来说，某种历史记忆会塑造什么样的公民？本书的一个基本前提是：历史教育，包括历史教科书的编写，其对于民主社会的维系和发展至关重要。

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Offers a comprehensive assessment of the European Information Society programme ... provides an authoritative antidote to visions driven by technological determinism and technological utopianism ... of considerable interest to any serious analyst of the topic. Journal of Documentation
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`This book represents a unique combination of sound scholarship and relevant policy analysis. Researched and written by two leading academics, it informs and stimulates thinking on key issues of economic growth and social equity in the age of the Internet, mobile phones, and electronic services. It covers a broad range of technological, economic, and social issues with a focus on how society actually uses new information technologies. It is essential reading for analysts and policy makers, as well as for anyone wanting to understand the transformation of our technological way of life, and making use of this knowledge for everyday life.' Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley and author of The Internet Galaxy
`. . . Mansell and Steinmueller's highly accessible presentation guides the non-specialist reader towards a sophisticated appreciation of the great variety of interacting forces that have governed and will continue to shape the uneven and circuitous path towards the realization of "the information society". By integrating a deep and comprehensive grasp of the nature, potentialities and limitations of digital information technologies with a sophisticated understanding of the economics of information, and of the political economy of global computer-mediated telecommunications, this book provides a framework for policy analysis that will be widely applicable.' Paul A. David, Professor of Economics, Stanford University and Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. Not content to accept the news as reported, these readers-turned-reporters are publishing in real time to a worldwide audience via the Internet. The impact of their work is just beginning to be felt by professional journalists and the newsmakers they cover. In We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, nationally known business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon, and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make and consume the news. We the Media is essential reading for all participants in the news cycle:

Consumers learn how they can become producers of the news. Gillmor lays out the tools of the grassroots journalist's trade, including personal Web journals (called weblogs or blogs), Internet chat groups, email, and cell phones. He also illustrates how, in this age of media consolidation and diminished reporting, to roll your own news, drawing from the array of sources available online and even over the phone.
Newsmakers politicians, business executives, celebrities get a wake-up call. The control that newsmakers enjoyed in the top-down world of Big Media is seriously undermined in the Internet Age. Gillmor shows newsmakers how to successfully play by the new rules and shift from control to engagement.
Journalists discover that the new grassroots journalism presents opportunity as well as challenge to their profession. One of the first mainstream journalists to have a blog, Gillmor says, "My readers know more than I do, and that's a good thing." In We the Media, he makes the case to his colleagues that, in the face of a plethora of Internet-fueled news vehicles, they must change or become irrelevant. At its core, We the Media is a book about people. People like Glenn Reynolds, a law professor whose blog postings on the intersection of technology and liberty garnered him enough readers and influence that he became a source for professional journalists. Or Ben Chandler, whose upset Congressional victory was fueled by contributions that came in response to ads on a handful of political blogs. Or Iraqi blogger Zayed, whose Healing Irag blog (healingiraq.blogspot.com) scooped Big Media. Or acridrabbit, who inspired an online community to become investigative reporters and discover that the dying Kaycee Nichols sad tale was a hoax. Give the people tools to make the news, We the Media asserts, and they will. Journalism in the 21st century will be fundamentally different from the Big Media that prevails today. We the Media casts light on the future of journalism, and invites us all to be part of it.

简言之，是一个人和一本杂志的传奇……
放在大环境中，是一个时代的跌宕起伏……
一直大力地向所有人推荐这本书，只是因为，故事真的很精彩，是一个伟大而疯狂的时代所造就的一个不屈不挠的斗士——路易斯·罗塞托，还有这本举世皆知的杂志——《连线》。
通过本书，中国读者会知道，新经济热潮的主角不仅是比尔·盖茨、杨致远等技术和商业能人，还有一大批新文化的传教士和吹鼓手，比如路易斯·罗赛托，比如凯文·凯利，他们创办媒体、开设网络社区、召集精英聚会……各种新点子从此生根发芽，对时代影响至深。
《连线》是一本什么杂志？
1993年，《连线》杂志横空出世，成为数字化时代的预言家与鼓吹手。
技术与创新、科学与医疗、商业与全球政策、艺术与文化……颠覆传统科技杂志风格的《连线》，站在时代的最前沿，洞察着改变我们生活的一切新兴事物。可以说，中国对于网络的认识，就是从阅读《连线》杂志开始的。
《连线》是一本什么书？
它是一个商业故事，记录了以《连线》杂志创办人路易斯·罗塞托为首的创业者，如何寻找赢利机会和商业模式，如何说服风险投资者、如何成功上市的过程。
但它更是一部心灵的传奇，展现了青春战胜衰老、天真战胜世故、热爱终究战胜所有诱惑的故事。
通过本书，中国读者会知道，新经济热潮的主角不仅是比尔·盖茨、杨致远等技术和商业能人，还有一大批新文化的传教士和吹鼓手，比如路易斯·罗赛托，比如凯文·凯利，他们创办媒体、开设网络社区、召集精英聚会……各种新点子从此生根发芽，对时代影响至深。