The suffusion of the economy, culture, and society with digital interconnectivity is known as the network society. In this innovative book, Robert Hassan unpacks the dynamics of this new information order and shows how media and politics have been affected. Drawing on ideas from media theory, cultural studies, and the politics of the newly evolving “networked civil society,” Hassan argues that the network society is shot-through with contradictions and in a state of deep flux.</p>
Vital reading for those wishing to understand the network society. For undergraduate and postgraduate students of media, politics, and policy, and general reading.</p>

What does the durability of political institutions have to do with how actors form knowledge about them? Andreas Glaeser investigates this question in the context of a fascinating historical case: socialist East Germany's unexpected self-dissolution in 1989. His analysis builds on extensive in-depth interviews with former secret police officers and the dissidents they tried to control as well as research into the documents both groups produced. In particular, Glaeser analyzes how these two opposing factions' understanding of the socialist project came to change in response to countless everyday experiences. These investigations culminate in answers to two questions: why did the officers not defend socialism by force? And how was the formation of dissident understandings possible in a state that monopolized mass communication and group formation? He also explores why the Stasi, although always well informed about dissident activities, never developed a realistic understanding of the phenomenon of dissidence. Out of this ambitious study, Glaeser extracts two distinct lines of thought. On the one hand he offers an epistemic account of socialism's failure that differs markedly from existing explanations. On the other hand he develops a theory - a sociology of understanding - that shows us how knowledge can appear validated while it is at the same time completely misleading.

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With more than 200,000 copies in print, "The Craft of Research" is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices.Now, seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the late Wayne C. Booth. "The Craft of Research" explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately; and how to create introductions and conclusions that answer that most demanding question, "So what?"The third edition includes an expanded discussion of the essential early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. The authors have revised and fully updated their section on electronic research, emphasizing the need to distinguish between trustworthy sources (such as those found in libraries) and less reliable sources found with a quick Web search. A chapter on warrants has also been thoroughly reviewed to make this difficult subject easier for researchers.Throughout, the authors have preserved the amiable tone, the reliable voice, and the sense of directness that have made this book indispensable for anyone undertaking a research project.

THE FUTURE OF technology，ISBN：9789679787597，作者：DANIEL BELL

Bell's prophetic 1976 forecast of the Information Age and how it would radically alter the social structure. With a new introduction by Bell.
In 1976, when Daniel Bell first published The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, he predicted a vastly different world-one that would rely upon an economics of information, as opposed to the economics of goods that had existed up to then. Bell argued that the new society would not displace the old one but rather overlay it in profound ways, much as industrialization continues to coexist with the agrarian sectors of our society.
In Bell's prescient vision, the post-industrial society would include the birth and growth of a knowledge class, a change from goods to services, and changes in the role of women. All of these would be based upon an increasing dependence on science as a means of innovation; as a means of technical and social change.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society remains an important book for a whole new generation of politicians, economists, intellectuals, and students.

Many have criticized liberalism for being too individualist, but few have offered an alternative that goes beyond a vague affirmation of the need for community. In this entertaining book, written in dialogue form, Daniel Bell fills this gap, presenting and defending a distinctively communitarian theory against the objections of a liberal critic. In a Paris cafe Anne, a strong supporter of communitarian ideals, and Philip, her querulous critic, debate the issues. Drawing on the works of such thinkers as Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel, and Alasdair MacIntyre, Anne attacks liberalism's individualistic view of the person by pointing to our social embeddedness. She develops Michael Walzer's idea that political thinking involves the interpretation of shared meanings emerging from the political life of a community, and rebuts Philip's criticism that this approach damages her case by being conservative and relativistic. She goes on to develop a justification of communal life and to answer the criticism that communitarians lack an alternative moral vision. The book ends with two later discussions, by Will Kymlicka and Daniel Bell, in which Anne and another friend, Louise, criticize the book's earlier debate and put it in perspective.

本书是传播学领域的奠基之作，它第一次对公众舆论做了全景式的描述，自1922年问世以来，已被翻译成几十种文字，至今仍然保持着这个领域中的权威地位。其影响力经久不衰的奥秘在于，它卓有成效地梳理了舆论研究中一系列难以回避的问题．比如舆论从哪里来，它是怎样形成的?它能造成什么样的结果?谁是公众?公众舆论是什么意思?它是仅仅在公众中传播还是由公众自己形成的?它什么时候才能成为独立的力量?它对成见、兴趣、公意的形成和民主形象等问题做了精辟而深刻的探讨，完成了新闻史上对舆论传播现象的首次全面论述，为后人的研究奠定了基础。

'Vincent Mosco's heavily revised and thoroughly updated "Political Economy of Communication" is a masterpiece. (It) is the one single indispensable book that all media students and scholars need to read to understand this vital and growing area of research' - Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 'Mosco has done all students of communication a great service by updating this book. It captures, summarizes and illustrates an important set of voices and arguments, key interlocutors in the ongoing effort to construct a critical theory and analytic of contemporary communication and culture' - Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. '"The Political Economy of Communication" is a contemporary classic of media studies. Now, in this comprehensively revised second edition, Vincent Mosco, among the leading media scholars of our or any time, brings his searing insights and crystal prose to bear on the latest issues and debates of the field! An indispensable resource for researchers, activists, and students everywhere. It is a classic all over again' - Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside. Since publication of its first edition, "The Political Economy of Communication" has established itself as a true classic and one of the most important contributions to the field. This second edition has been thoroughly restructured, updated and expanded to make it an indispensable text for students and scholars alike. Putting the student at the centre of its updates, this book: expands part one into 5 chapters, giving a map of the definitions and foundations of political economy that is richer in detail and easier to navigate; adds 3 new chapters to explore current trends, from feminism and labour to new media, forms of resistance, media reform and democracy; illustrates throughout how power operates across the 21st century media landscape; explores key issues in how media power intersects with globalization, social class, race, gender and surveillance; and, shows media students why it is essential to understand political economy and its application to media and communication. Combining penetrating theoretical analysis with passionate commitment, Mosco once again gives readers an indispensable introduction to the field.

With original contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community media from theoretical, empirical, historical, and practitioner perspectives. Organized thematically, this collection explores the intersection between community media and issues of democratic theory and the public sphere, cultural politics and social movement theory, neoliberal communication policy and media reform efforts, as well as media activism and international solidarity building. Foregrounding the relationship between symbolic and material relations of power in an increasingly interdependent world, this collection examines the role of alternative, independent, and community-based media in the global struggle for communicative democracy. Understanding Community Media explores a wide range of media forms and practice. Each essay considers the particular and distinctive ways local populations make use of various technologies for purposes of community communication. Taken together, this distinctive collection provides an incisive and timely analysis of the relationship between media and society, technology and culture, and communication and community. * Features more than 35 original, cutting-edge essays * Provides a comprehensive overview of community media around the world including essays on women's video collectives in India, indigenous radio in Colombia, street newspapers in Canada, and independent media in Nigeria. * Makes a timely and important contribution to a burgeoning sub-field of media and cultural studies.

The application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts and Humanities are resulting in fresh approaches and methodologies for the study of new and traditional corpora. This 'computational turn' takes the methods and techniques from computer science to create innovative means of close and distant reading. This book discusses the implications and applications of 'Digital Humanities' and the questions raised when using algorithmic techniques. Key researchers in the field provide a comprehensive introduction to important debates surrounding issues such as the contrast between narrative versus database, pattern-matching versus hermeneutics, and the statistical paradigm versus the data mining paradigm. Also discussed are the new forms of collaboration within the Arts and Humanities that are raised through modular research teams and new organisational structures, as well as techniques for collaborating in an interdisciplinary way.

《中国民众政治支持的测量与分析》，本书包括导论；北京的公众政治支持度；普遍支持与特定支持的关系；普遍支持的来源；特定支持的来源；政治支持的行为结果；结论：实证结果及其政治含义。

曼纽尔·卡斯特是闻名世界的社会科学家，《网络社会－跨文化的视角》是他主编的探讨网络社会在不同文化和制度中的模式和动态的论文合集。《网络社会－跨文化的视角》从经济、社会、文化三方面分析了世界范围内在新社会机构的配置上的共同性和文化的特殊性之间的交互作用。通过研究，编者传达的核心观点是网络社会是信息时代中取替工业社会的一种新的社会组织形式，因为文化和环境的差异.网络社会也呈现不同形式。
这是一本非常出色的、新颖的书，引起了学术界的广泛兴趣，尤其是在社会科学领域、通信研究领域以及商业研究领域。对在技术决策和经济发展领域的决策者而言，《网络社会－跨文化的视角》也颇具研究价值。商业和管理专家也能在此书中发现有价值的东西。

《互联网政治学:国家、公民与新传播技术》研究了新传播技术对政党与选举、压力集团、社会运动、地方民主、公共机构和全球治理的影响。《互联网政治学:国家、公民与新传播技术》还分析了持续性的和争议性的政策问题，这包括数字鸿沟，互联网自身的治理，监视、隐私与安全之间的张力，互联网媒体领域的政治经济学。《互联网政治学:国家、公民与新传播技术》采用比较性研究的方法，提供了美国、英国和其他许多国家的大量案例。写作风格清晰而易于理解，这本最新的极具复杂性的理论书籍，揭示了互联网对我们如何“从事”政治以及如何理解政治生活所产生的重要影响。
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传播技术的政治以及传播技术与政治，是所有新的传播技术问世前后都会牵涉到的问题。而在现代政治社会中，无非将形成两组关系，一是国家与新传播技术，二是公民与新传播技术。前者是庙堂之上的云霄，后者是草根之下的土壤。它们之间尽管有此霄壤之别，但却相辅相成，这正是互联网链接式政治生态的奇观之一……《互联网政治学》的讨论正是遵循了这样一种逻辑。
——南京大学新闻传播学院教授 杜骏飞
本书的优点在于：具有典范性的主题架构、极其透彻的研究、对所涉问题的每个重要文献或观点的归纳。在互联网影响社会的文献中，该书将具有突出的贡献。
——得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 加里·查普曼
截至目前，查德威克提供了对互联网与政治这一领域的最为全面的理解。这本书的价值就在于论述了21世纪最具决定性的技术政治。这是一本令人永世难忘的著作。
——华盛顿大学 兰斯·本内特
本书是互联网与政治这一领域中最为透彻和全面的著作——查德威克以其对研究文献的饱学博览，给初涉此领域的学生提供了最为细致的导论性资料。
——加州大学芭芭拉分校 布鲁斯·比姆博

《网络政治:网络社会与国家治理》对网络政治进行了系统和全面的研究。提出了网络政治的理论模型，随着信息技术和因特网的发展，形成了网络空间及网络社会，出现了虚拟空间的政治现象——虚拟政治，网络社会和虚拟政治必然对现实政治生活中的国家主权，政治体制、政府管理、政治文化等方面产生重大的影响，这种影响又是相互的，现实政治中的政府权力等必然反作用于网络社会，从而产生新的国家治理范工。