This article presents a set of grounded hypotheses on the relationship between communication and power relationships in the technological context that characterizes the network society. Based on a selected body of communication literature, and of a number of case studies and examples, it argues that the media have become the social space where power is decided. It shows the direct link between politics, media politics, the politics of scandal, and the crisis of political legitimacy in a global perspective. It also puts forward the notion that the development of interactive, horizontal networks of communication has induced the rise of a new form of communication, mass self-communication, over the Internet and wireless communication networks. Under these conditions, insurgent politics and social movements are able to intervene more decisively in the new communication space. However, corporate media and mainstream politics have also invested in this new communication space. As a result of these processes, mass media and horizontal communication networks are converging. The net outcome of this evolution is a historical shift of the public sphere from the institutional realm to the new communication space.

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Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society

Publisher Summary It is noted that prejudice is primarily studied as a group or socially shared phenomenon. However, prejudice can also be viewed as an individual phenomenon in the sense that individuals often seem to differ in their propensity to adopt prejudiced and ethnocentric attitudes. This chapter focuses on the explanation of negative intergroup attitudes, prejudice, discrimination, and oppression by two basic cognitive-motivational dynamics. These dynamics can also have relevance for explaining those social and intergroup attitudes and behaviors associated with resistance to oppression, discrimination, and injustice. The chapter proposes a theoretical model that essentially suggests that prejudiced intergroup attitudes result from two motivational goals in individuals—namely, the competitively driven dominance-power-superiority motivation and threat-driven social control and group defense motivation. These motivational goals are aroused by two main kinds of situational characteristics of intergroup relationships: social and intergroup threat and inequalities in or competition over power and dominance. The model is fundamentally considered motivational as it involves prejudiced social and intergroup attitudes emerging from powerful and basic human motivational goals.

A dual-process cognitive-motivational theory of ideology and prejudice

"A Different Mirror" is a dramatic new retelling of our nation's history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the United States of America. In a lively account filled with the stories and voices of people previously left out of the historical canon, Ronald Takaki offers a fresh perspective - a "re-visioning" - of our nation's past.

A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. First Edition.

Dimensions of Human Development

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism

Introduction: Does the President's Character Still Matter? Part 1: The Concept of Psychological Suitability. The Psychological Suitability of Presidents in an Era of Doubt. Assessing the Psychological Suitability of Presidential Candidates: Ethical and Theoretical Dilemmas. Part 2: Assessing the Psychological Health of Presidential Candidates. Psychological Health and Presidential Performance: A Foundation for the Assessment of Psychological Suitability? Is the Psychological Impairment of Presidents Still a Relevant Concern? Assessment at a Distance: A Cautionary Case Study of the 1964 Presidential Campaign. Psychological Health in the 1972 Presidential Election: The Case of Thomas F. Eagleton. Part 3: Character and Presidential Performance: Theory and Assessment. Toward a Framework for Analyzing Presidential Performance: Some Observations on a Theory of Character. Toward a Theory of Character and Presidential Performance. Character and Judgement in the 1988 Presidential Campaign: A Case Study of Gary Hart. Bill Clinton as a Presidential Candidate: What Did the Public Learn? William J. Clinton as President: Some Implications of Character for Presidential Performance. Part 4: Assessing Psychological Suitability: The Role of the Press and Presidential Campaigns. The Private Lives of Public Officials: Observations, Dilemmas and Guidelines. Election Campaigns as a Tool for Assessing the Psychological Suitability of Presidential Candidates. Part 5: Assessing Psychological Suitability: Some Applications. Asking the Right Questions of Presidential Candidates: Some Suggestions and Guidelines. Conclusion: The Good Enough President.

The psychological assessment of presidential candidates

Central to Alex George's work was a concern with the psychology of presidential decision making. Our analysis focuses on George's work at the intersection of leadership psychology and the psychology of judgment in the making of consequential foreign policy decisions, specifically those dealing with issues of war and peace. We begin with a review of the fundamental dilemmas of political decision making, focusing on the various factors that present challenges to leaders seeking to make high-quality decisions. We then move to an analysis of the nature of judgment and the ways in which it both shapes and is shaped by cognitive dynamics and conclude by examining a number of steps designed to help leaders avoid the most damaging blind spots of their own psychologies and cognitive biases.

The Theory and Practice of Foreign Policy Decision Making

Handbook of political socialization : theory and research

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Dual Citizenship and American National Identity

Prologue Introduction 1 American Democracy and the Dilemmas of Dual Citizenship Part I. American National Identity: The Framework 2 The Search for the Missing Link 3 A Theory of American National Identity Part II. Domestic Challenges to American National Identity 4 Multiculturalism and National Identity 5 Hyphenation and National Identity Part III. Global Challenges to American National Identity 6 Transnationalism and National Identity 7 Why Not a Transnational American Identity? Part IV. The Development of National Identity 8 Do Multiple National Attachments Equal Conflicted National Loyalties? 9 Reforming Dual Citizenship: Some Proposals 10 Becoming American: Some Proposals Epilogue Appendix: Countries and Territories Allowing Dual Citizenship in Some Form Index

Stanley A. Renshon

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The psychological assessment of presidential candidates

The Theory and Practice of Foreign Policy Decision Making

Handbook of political socialization : theory and research

Dual Citizenship and American National Identity

The 50% American: Immigration and National Identity in an Age of Terror