{"product_id":"private-sphere-zizi-a-papacharissi-9780745645254","title":"Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age","description":"\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 understand and practice their civic responsibilities, and how do they compare to citizens of the past?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do discourses of globalization, commercialization and convergence inform audience\/producer, citizen\/consumer, personal\/political, public\/private roles individuals must take on?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAre resulting political behaviors atomized or collective?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs there a public sphere anymore, and if not, what model of civic engagement expresses current tendencies and tensions best?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents and scholars of media studies, political science, and critical theory will find this to be a fresh engagement with some of the most important questions facing democracies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zizi A. Papacharissi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745645259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745645254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 88","brand":"Zizi A. Papacharissi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925863530751,"sku":"9780745645254","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_11533c61-27a2-4b46-baa8-1994dcb57b69.jpg?v=1681079819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/private-sphere-zizi-a-papacharissi-9780745645254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}