{"product_id":"a-private-sphere-9780745645247","title":"A Private Sphere","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnline technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing?\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLate modern democracies are characterized by civic apathy, public skepticism, disillusionment with politics, and general disinterest in conventional political process. And yet, public interest in blogging, online news, net-based activism, collaborative news filtering, and online networking reveal an electorate that is not disinterested, but rather, fatigued with political conventions of the mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines how online digital media shape and are shaped by contemporary democracies, by addressing the following issues:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do online technologies remake how we function as citizens in contemporary democracies?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat happens to our understanding of public and private as digitalized democracies converge technologies, spaces and practices?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do citizens of today unde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a deeply thoughtful book that asks a genuinely important questionÑDo the new media empower us or do they trap us in our own cocoons, cutting us off from meaningful contact with others? Papacharissi doesn't let the reader off easily. Insistently, beguilingly, she brings up uncomfortable issuesÑWhy are blogs so narcissistic? What happens politically when YouTube goes beyond the pale?Ñand she never settles for easy answers. If you care about politics, if you care about modernity, read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoderick P. Hart, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Texas at Austin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Papacharissi is a pioneer in the study of democracy and how it is \"practiced\" in the digital age. A Private Sphere is a deep, thoughtful exploration of citizenship, information, and technology at a moment of great fluidity. Anyone with an interest in how media shape political culture would do well to engage the arguments of this terrific book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSusan Herbst, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Tech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"An thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Papacharissi's argument that the convergence of technology, practices and spaces is opening a private sphere as the locus for reworked modes of citizenship is an intriguing and important one. Read this book!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharles Whitney, \u003ci\u003eNorthwestern University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Contemporary Democracies, Civic Engagement, and the Media 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedia and the mythology of the new 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld and new democracy 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe conditions of contemporary democracy 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new(er) civic vernacular 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Public and Private Expression in Contemporary Democracies 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe dichotomy of public and private over time 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe dichotomy of public and private at present 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivacy as commodity 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA trichotomy: the social 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Converged Media, Converged Audiences, and Converged Publics 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvergence in everyday life 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvergence of technologies 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvergence of spaces 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvergence of practices 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology as the architecture of the new 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Question of Citizenship in a Converged Environment 80\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA long history of imperfect citizenship 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe past and contemporary citizenship modalities 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe liquid citizen: a combined model of fl exible citizenship 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Public Sphere, Expired? On the Democratizing Potential of Convergent Technologies 112\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe public sphere in contemporary democracies 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccess to information 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReciprocity 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommercialization 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new kind of public 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 A Private Sphere 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive new civic habits 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The networked self and the culture of remote connectivity 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A new narcissism: blogging 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The rebirth of satire and subversion: YouTube 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Social media news aggregation and the plurality of collaborative fi ltering 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The agonistic pluralism of online activism 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe private sphere and the networked citizen 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 194\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404387492183,"sku":"9780745645247","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-private-sphere-9780745645247","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}