The fifth estate : the power shift of the digital age /
Dutton, William H., 1947-
The fifth estate : the power shift of the digital age / William H. Dutton. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 259 pages) : illustrations (colour). - Oxford studies in digital politics Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford studies in digital politics. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the eighteenth century, the printing press enabled the rise of an independent press - the Fourth Estate - that helped check the power of governments, business, and industry. In similar ways, the internet is enabling the empowerment of a more independent collectivity of networked individuals - the Fifth Estate. Dutton uses estate theory to illuminate the most important power shift of the digital age. He argues that this network power shift is not only enabling greater democratic accountability in politics and governance but is also empowering networked individuals in their everyday life and work.
Specialized.
9780190688400 No price
10.1093/oso/9780190688363.001.0001 doi
Internet--Social aspects.
Information society.
Democracy.
Media Studies.
Sociology & anthropology.
HM851 / .D878 2023
302.231
The fifth estate : the power shift of the digital age / William H. Dutton. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 259 pages) : illustrations (colour). - Oxford studies in digital politics Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford studies in digital politics. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the eighteenth century, the printing press enabled the rise of an independent press - the Fourth Estate - that helped check the power of governments, business, and industry. In similar ways, the internet is enabling the empowerment of a more independent collectivity of networked individuals - the Fifth Estate. Dutton uses estate theory to illuminate the most important power shift of the digital age. He argues that this network power shift is not only enabling greater democratic accountability in politics and governance but is also empowering networked individuals in their everyday life and work.
Specialized.
9780190688400 No price
10.1093/oso/9780190688363.001.0001 doi
Internet--Social aspects.
Information society.
Democracy.
Media Studies.
Sociology & anthropology.
HM851 / .D878 2023
302.231