The politics of the web
The case of one newsgroup
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11268363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxim Waldstein (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 739-763 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443705055733 |
| OpenAlex | W1970928173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
The internet is often portrayed as a borderless liberal space of equal opportunities and unconstrained communication. By contrast, this article emphasizes the profoundly contested nature of the communication on ‘the web’. Based on a short period of close observation of one internet newsgroup, this study illuminates specific discursive strategies by means of which domination, cooption, resistance and exclusion enter the virtual space of internet communication. In addition, the liberal character of the internet is observed to be not so much due to the reign of liberal principles as due to the strategic advantage enjoyed by ‘liberal actors’ in newsgroup exchanges. Hence, the study illuminates major mechanisms of the ‘liberal domination’ in the net as well as the operations of power in contemporary liberal societies at large
Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Reign · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |