Culture and Politics in the Information Age: A New Policy?

Citation

Sterling, C. (2002), "Culture and Politics in the Information Age: A New Policy?", info, Vol. 4 No. 6, pp. 61-61. https://doi.org/10.1108/info.2002.4.6.61.4

Another conference‐based anthology, the 12 papers here were first presented at a 1999 meeting at the University of Birmingham (where the editor teaches sociology) and question how new social movements are making use of information technology. More specifically, is the Internet making their job easier (ease of access to millions) or harder (everybody is doing it and thus there is considerable “noise in the channel”)? The first part focuses on new media and politics, including papers on the role of the Fourth Estate in cyberspace, the use of popular culture and media by social movements, political sociology in an information age, and a case study of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Part two turns to new social movements, both real and virtual. A series of case studies includes the efforts of the Friends of the Earth, environmental protest and computer‐mediated communication in Britain, mobilizing grassroots environmental concerns in an information age, and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Internet.