Elad Segev Information and Power (Paperback)

Name: Elad Segev Information and Power (Paperback)
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Further Details\n\nTitle: Information and Power\nCondition: New\nDescription: \nThis accessible and original book offers a novel analytical framework for understanding the relationship between information and power as the tension between popular and personal stories.\nInformation and Power: Popular and Personal Storytelling in the Digital Age describes the relationship between information and power as a pendulum that constantly shifts from popular to personal stories and never reaches its balance. Through four detailed chapters, each framed as a question, the book looks at the past, present, and future challenges of Western societies. It examines the ever-growing commercialization, selfie culture, influencers, fake news and misinformation, hate speech, national identity, international conflicts, and the race of big tech companies to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence. All those seemingly unrelated topics are explained through a single prism\u2014the tension betwee.