The Fifth: Estate The Power Shift of the Digital Age 1st edition

The Fifth Estate: The Power Shift of the Digital Age 1st edition- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190688363,019068836X,9780190688394, 0190688394

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190688394
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780190688394
• Author: William H. Dutton

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 forming a more independent collectivity of networked individuals, which William H. Dutton identifies as the Fifth Estate. Their network power is contributing to a more pluralist role of individuals in democratic political processes and society, which is not only shaping political accountability but nearly every sector of society. Yet a chorus of critics have dismissed the internet’s more democratic potentials, demonizing social media and user-generated-content as simply sources of fake news and populism. So, is the internet a tool for democracy or anarchy?

Table contents:

Part I. The Foundations of the Fifth Estate
1. The Idea and Evidence of a Fifth Estate
2. Fifth Estate Theories of Distributed and Network Power

Part II. Fifth Estate Strategies
3. Searching
4. Originating
5. Networking
6. Collaborating
7. Leaking

Part III. Shaping the Future of the Fifth Estate
8. A Network Power Shift for Democracy and Society
9. Threats to the Fifth Estate
10. The Future of the Fifth Estate

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