This book investigates the changing meanings of power and politics in the Internet age and questions whether the political category of the citizen still has a meaningful role to play in the highly-mediated dynamics of an increasingly networked world. To answer such questions, the book analyses and compares the impact of the Internet on the relationship between state, citizens, and politics in three countries: the USA, Italy, and China. The book’s journey starts in the mid-90s and ends in 2016. It pays particular attention to Obama 2008 and Trump 2016 presidential campaigns, the ascendance to power in Italy of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, and to the enduring Chinese government’s struggle to control the Internet public opinion.
Author(s): Giovanni Navarria
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 313
Tags: Digital/New Media, Networked Citizen, Power, Politics, Resistence, Internet Age
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-7
In Search of the Good Citizen (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 9-18
A Different Kind of Society (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 19-29
The Networked Citizen (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 31-39
Front Matter ....Pages 41-42
The MoveOn Model (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 43-65
A Model Imitated: From Dean to Obama (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 67-89
The First Twitter President (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 91-138
Front Matter ....Pages 139-143
The Berlusconi Era (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 145-165
The Five Star Movement (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 167-216
Front Matter ....Pages 217-219
Control of Media (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 221-236
The Party’s Greatest Ally (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 237-262
Front Matter ....Pages 263-263
Power as Shared Weakness (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 265-280
What Kind of Citizens Do We Want to Be? (Giovanni Navarria)....Pages 281-302
Back Matter ....Pages 303-310
