{"product_id":"networking-putinism-michael-s-gorham-9781501785429","title":"Networking Putinism: The Rhetoric of Power in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNetworking Putinism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the internet's impact on political discourse in Russia and the strategies adopted both by Vladimir Putin and his associates to secure and legitimate their authority, as well as by the regime's most determined critics.\u003c\/b\u003e Michael S. Gorham shows that despite Putin's famously dismissive attitude toward the internet, the Russian leader, his political team, and a motley array of web-savvy sympathizers have been consistently fixated on the medium, deeply invested in its development, and keenly aware of its ability to shape public political discourse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe success of the regime's opponents in leveraging social media to criticize the regime forced Putin and his allies to find ways to more effectively exploit the new medium. In telling the story of these rhetorical online battles, \u003ci\u003eNetworking Putinism\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, even in the most authoritarian of regimes, public language still matters, and digitally mediated communication remains a highly contested instrument of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael S. Gorham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501785427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501785429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael S. Gorham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153710428415,"sku":"9781501785429","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80f75299-81fd-42e4-a649-3464152a6311.jpg?v=1770785310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/networking-putinism-michael-s-gorham-9781501785429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}