Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Social Media, Public Sphere and Democracy

Chapter 3 The Political Economy of Social Media

Chapter 4 Western Media Policy Frameworks and Values

Chapter 5 Modern Political Communication and Web 2.0 in Representative Democracies: The United States and the British Experience

Chapter 6 The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: The Arab Spring, WikiLeaks and the Edward Snowden Revelations

Chapter 8 Russia and China: Autocratic and On-line

Chapter 9 India and South Africa; Post-colonial Power, Democratization and the Online Community

Chapter 10 Japan, South Korea, Brazil: Post-industrial Societies; Hard and Software

Chapter 11 The Social Media and the Middle East

Chapter 12 Conclusion