Technology and Democracy: Toward A Critical Theory of Digital Technologies, Technopolitics, and Technocapitalism (Medienkulturen im digitalen Zeitalter)

by Douglas Kellner

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As we enter a new millennium, it is clear that we are in the midst of one of the most dramatic technological revolutions in history that is changing everything from the ways that we work, communicate, participate in politics, and spend our leisure time. The technological revolution centers on computer, information, communication, and multimedia technologies, is often interpreted as the beginnings of a knowledge or information society, and therefore ascribes technologies a central role in every aspect of life. This Great Transformation poses tremendous challenges to critical social theorists, citizens, and educators to rethink their basic tenets, to deploy the media in creative and productive ways, and to restructure the workplace, social institutions, and schooling to respond constructively and progressively to the technological and social changes that we are now experiencing.
  • ISBN13 9783658317898
  • Publish Date 7 October 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Publisher Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
  • Imprint Springer VS
  • Edition 1st ed. 2021
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 303
  • Language English