A new book about Internet politics has been published

13. November 2008 – 10:16 by Francesco Molinari

Net working/Networking: Citizen Initiated Politics (eds. Tapio Häyhtiö & Jarmo Rinne)
Publisher: Tampere University Press

Net Working / Networking explores the variety in use and approaches to political participation and mobilisation occurring on the Internet. The chapters in the book represent various viewpoints mixing theory with empirical cases. Big politics is broken into pieces to become a multitude of small, more personalised political engagements. Topics addressed range from e-democratic participation to Internet piracy.
The main focus of the studies in this book is to highlight the potential capacity of computer-mediated communication to increase people power. Purpose of the book is to outline the political struggles arising from citizens’ own experiences of creating virtual open spaces that they shape in personally distinctive ways.

Content of the book:

Introduction: Seeking the citizenry on the Internet - Emerging virtual creativity (Häyhtiö & Rinne)

Contributors

I. Democratic e-innovations and citizen-oriented empowerment through the Internet

1. Lorenzo Mosca: A Double-faced medium? The challenges and opportunities of the Internet for social movements

2. Kevin Gillan: Diverging attitudes to technology and innovation in Anti-War movement organisations

3. Ariadne Vromen: Political change and the internet in Australia: introducing GetUp

4. Francesco Molinari: (e-)Participation: a complement to good legislation?

5. Pauliina Lehtonen: Civic expression on the Net: Different faces of public engagement

6. Lauri Paltemaa: These bytes can bite - Chinese politics of technology and the controlled Internet

7. Davide Calenda & Alber Meijer: Digital encounters and ‘easy’ politics - Results of a web survey among young people in three European countries

II. New styles of actionist politics on the Internet

8.  Pertti Lappalainen: The Internet as a forum for multiple styles of political activities

9. Tim Jordan: The politics of technology: Three types of hacktivism

10. Sigrid Baringhorst: The political empowerment of citizen consumers - opportunities and problems of anti-corporate campaigning on the net

11.  Tapio Häyhtiö & Jarmo Rinne: Temporal dimensions of reflexive Net-politics: Politicking on the Internet with monsters

12. Kari A. Hintikka: Pirates in politics - internet piracy as individualised politics

13. Tiina Rättilä: “Here’s your fucking use of power!” Notes on how bloggers communicate politically

To order the volume, please visit https://www.edemokratia.uta.fi/eng/
You’ll find an order form on that site under the title “Net working/Networking”. You can print and fill it. Mailing fee is paid.
Those who prefer on-line procedures, the link to electronic order form is: https://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedot.php?tuote_id=18019

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