The cyberspace myth and political communication, within the limits of netocracy
Technological augmentation in the field of communication is a new way of controlling and manipulating the interface between current political communications and information. This is because, within the new paradigms of power, political communication is under the influence of netocracy, a new and myt...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religions and ideologies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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CEEOL
[2017]
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Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cyber space
/ Communication
/ Globalization
/ Control
/ Politics
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Myth
B netocracy B Rhizome B political actors B superpanopticism B Cyber space B Political Communication B netocrats |
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| Summary: | Technological augmentation in the field of communication is a new way of controlling and manipulating the interface between current political communications and information. This is because, within the new paradigms of power, political communication is under the influence of netocracy, a new and mythical form of cybertechnological superpanopticism. The general objective of this paper is to analyze the phenomenon of cybertechnological globalization where, according to Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist, this new form of political and communicative superpanopticism is the result of netocracy. This is related not just to the undermining of capitalism, but also to the myth of internet transparency as the site for communicational freedom. In theoretical terms, this paper seeks to deconstruct this hypothesis based on Slavoj iek's position on netocracy. He claims this phenomenon is little more than a new and perverse form of capitalism which engages new methods of manipulating political communication. The methodology used in this paper draws on Bard and Söderqvist's arguments, iek's critique and Gilles Deleuze's deconstruction. |
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| ISSN: | 1583-0039 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
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