The fifth estate : the power shift of the digital age / William H. Dutton.
Series: Oxford studies in digital politics: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 259 pages) : illustrations (colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190688400.Subject(s): Internet -- Social aspects
| Information society | Democracy | Media Studies | Sociology & anthropologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190688363DDC classification: 302.231 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 18, 2023).