Culture and politics in the information age : a new politics?

1. A New Politics? Frank Webster Part I - New Media, Politics and Culture 2.Democracy in the Information Age: the role of the Fourth Estate in cyberspace Howard Tumber 3. From media politics to e-protest? The use of popular culture and new media in parties and social movements John Street and Alan Scott 4. Proximity politics John Tomlinson 5. The future of public media cultures: morality, ethics and ambivalence Nick Stevenson 6. Contested power: political sociology in the Information Age Kate Nash 7. A moment of moral remaking: the death of Diana, Princess of Wales Sasha Roseneil Part II - New Social Movements 8. Social movement networks: virtual and real Mario Diani 9. Information Technology and new forms of organizing? Translocalism and networks in Friends of the Earth Neil Washbourne 10. Weaving a Green Web: environmental protest and computer mediated communication in Britain Jenny Pickerill 11. Grassroots environmental movements: mobilisation in an information age Alan Dordoy and Mary Mellor 12. Globalization, citizenship and technology: the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) meets the Internet Peter (Jay) Smith and Elizabeth Smythe References Index