Virtualpolitik : an electronic history of government media-making in a time of war, scandal, disaster, miscommunication, and mistakes / Elizabeth Losh.

Author/creator Losh, Elizabeth M.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Information society--Political aspects. --United States.
Information technology--Political aspects. --United States.
Internet--Political aspects. --United States.
Communication--Political aspects. --United States.

Contents Introduction: A fable of politics, community, and virtuality -- Digital monsters : show and tell on Capitol Hill -- Hacking Aristotle : what is digital rhetoric? -- The desert of the unreal : democracy and military-funded videogames and simulations -- The war from the Web : an atlas of conflict, government, and citizenship -- Power points : the virtual state and its discontents -- Whistle-blowers : traditional epistolary discourse and electronic communication -- Submit and render : digital satires about surveillance and authentication -- Reading room : the nation-state and digital library initiatives -- Waiting room : serious games about national security and public health -- The past as prologue : cultural politics and the founding narratives of information science.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-397) and index.
LCCN 2008031029
ISBN9780262123044 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262123045 (hard cover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JK468.A8 L67 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold