The Information Game in Democracy

Author:   Dipankar Sinha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138063204


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   20 February 2018
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Author:   Dipankar Sinha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781138063204


ISBN 10:   1138063207
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   20 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations 1. Information Game: The Fountainhead 2. Governing Information: The Communicative Dialetics 3. Information Society as/versus Informed Society: The Gateway 4. Informational Capitalism: Strategising the ‘Reality Creation’ 5. Game-in-Game: Networked Information and Programmed Democracy 6. Informational Spin: ‘Mass’ Media and Mediatised Democracy 7. To Conclude. Bibliography. Index

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Dipankar Sinha is Professor of Political Science, University of Calcutta, India. He is Honorary Associate, Centre for Media History in Macquarie University, Sydney, and Nominated Member, Association of Third World Studies, USA. He also acts in advisory capacity in academic, governmental, non-governmental and civil society organisations. His broad interest relates to informational and communicative modes of development, democracy and governance in the globalizing era. He has authored Communicating Development in the New World Order: A Critical Analysis (1999), Media Sanskriti [Media Culture] (2003), Development Communication: Contexts for the Twenty-First Century (2013), and Development Narratives: Walking the Field in Rural West Bengal (2014). His co-authored volumes include Media, Gender and Popular Culture in India: Tracking Change and Continuity (2011). He has also co-edited Webs of History: Information, Communication and Technology from Early to Post-Colonial India (2005) and Democratic Governance in India: Reflections and Refractions (2007).

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