Politics in Wired Nations - Selected Writings of Ithiel De Sola Pool

List of contents

Introduction I: Political Communication 1. Introduction to Political Communication 2. Changing Images: The Role of Communications in the Process of Modernization 3. Newsmen’s Fantasies, Audiences, and Newswriting 4. Deterrence as an Influence Process 5. Contacts and Influence 6. American Politics: Congress and Its Constituents 7. Trends in Content Analysis Today: A Summary Part II: Societal Impact 8. Foresight and Hindsight: The Case of the Telephone 9. Communications Technology and Land Use 10. The Mass Media and Politics in the Modernization Process 11. Four Unnatural Institutions and the Road Ahead Part III: Technology, Policy, and Freedom Editor’s Introduction 12. Tracking the Flow of Information 13. The Public and the Polity 14. Citizen Feedback in Political Philosophy 15. Communication and Integrated Planning 16. Technology and Confusion: The Satellite Broadcast Controversy in the U.N. 17. From Gutenberg to Electronics: Implications for the First Amendment 18. Policies for Freedom

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Ithiel de Sola Pool

Product details

• Authors: Ithiel De Sola Pool
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.1997
• EAN: 9781560003441
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-344-1
• No. of pages: 395
• Weight: 920 g
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, COMPUTERS / Information Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Impact of science & technology on society, Political science and theory, Impact of science and technology on society, Information theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies