{"product_id":"digital-destiny-jeff-chester-9781565847958","title":"Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the explosive growth of the Internet and broadband communications, we now have the potential for a truly democratic media system offering a wide variety of independent sources of news, information, and culture, with control over content in the hands of the many, rather than a few select media giants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the country's powerful communications companies have other plans. Assisted by a host of hired political operatives and pro-business policy makers, the big cable, TV, and Internet providers are using their political clout to gain ever greater control over the Internet and other digital communication channels. Instead of a \"global information commons,\" we're facing an electronic media system designed principally to sell to rather than serve the public, dominated by commercial forces armed with aggressive digital marketing, interactive advertising, and personal data collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as Lawrence Lessig translated the mysteries of software and intellectual property for the general reader in \u003ci\u003eCode and Other Laws of Cyberspace\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Chester gets beneath the surface of media and telecommunications regulation to explain clearly how our new media system functions, what's at stake, and what we can do to fight the corporate media's plans for our \"digital destiny\"--before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Chester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565847954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565847958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.82w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2006 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 1108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 28","brand":"Jeff Chester","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939666624767,"sku":"9781565847958","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5c89597c-91eb-4f6d-ad6c-6cf608298842.jpg?v=1681442809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-destiny-jeff-chester-9781565847958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}