Imaginaries of the Digital: Ambiguity, Power and the Question of Agency
This paper considers both the empowering and the disempowering features of the digital environment in relation to the scope for individual and collective agency to shape the mediated environment. Digitally mediated life is disempowering for citizens much of the time as a result of power asymmetries...
Main Author: | Robin Mansell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université du Québec à Montréal
2017-09-01
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Series: | Communiquer |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/2261 |
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