Some Reflections on Manuel Castells’ Book “Communication Power”

Authors

  • Christian Fuchs ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v7i1.136

Keywords:

Manuel Castells, communication power, network society, review, reflections, Christian Fuchs, mass self-communication, web 2.0, informational capitalism, networking power, network power, networked power, network-making power, Communication

Abstract

Manuel Castells deals in his book Communication Power with the question where power lies in the network society. In this paper, I discuss important issues that this book addresses, and connect them, where possible, to my own works and reflections. The book is discussed along the following lines: the concept of power, web 2.0 and mass self-communication, media manipulation, social movements, novelty & network society.

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Author Biography

  • Christian Fuchs, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg
    Christian Fuchs is associate professor at the University of Salzburg. His research interests are: critical theory, social theory, media and society, ICTs and society, information society studies. He is author of the book 'Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age' (Routledge 2008), which presents a social theory critique of contemporary society with a special consideration of media, information, and technology.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2009)

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tripleC is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal (ISSN: 1726-670X). All journal content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License.

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